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Do you think Facebook will Blackout in Protest? (5 posts)

Topic tags: blackout, Facebook, protest, sopa, Zuckerberg

Alexandra Briggs said
1 year, 4 months ago:
Just read this article about whether Facebook might blackout to protest SOPA and why it likely hasn’t already. http://mashable.com/2012/01/18/sopa-and-pipa-facebook/
Pretty interesting. I agree that the timing may be playing a role in a protest delay. But I wonder if Facebook will actually follow Wikipedia and many other sites in the blackout as protest. What do you all think?
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Frederic Gonzalo said
1 year, 4 months ago:
Hmmm, I don’t think Facebook will black out. I think we would love for them to do so, and it would show tremendous leadership & guts, but timing truly is not good with FB making all these announcements this week.
But then again, Mark Zuckerberg could decide unilaterally to pull the plug for a day. The question remains: will he dare?
I don’t personally think so. And I would love for him to prove me wrong…
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Jane Cook said
1 year, 4 months ago:
I would love to see that happen – what a statement it would make. But, I think it is unlikely.
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Gabriel Marinescu said
1 year, 4 months ago:
IMO… Facebook will not shut down.
Depends now on what you mean by black out. Look at Google. They chose to protest SOPA/PIPA through the homepage (pic), but they didn’t shut down. Facebook could do something simmilar.
Btw, Zuckerberg already spoke against SOPA.
And here’s another interesting post related to this matter: how much would he lose if he shut down Facebook for a day.
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Alexandra Briggs said
1 year, 4 months ago:
@gabriel thank you for sharing that additional article! With all the recent changes to Facebook I think the loss would not be deemed acceptable by Zuckerberg. Especially if IPO is coming soon!
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