Wikipedia is temporarily down

Wikipedia's English version is suspended from 5pm on January 17 to 5pm on January 18.

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The co-founder of Wikipedia's open encyclopedia said it will temporarily shut down the English-language Wikipedia website within 24 hours to protest the illegal online copy and bill bill Intelligence is being discussed in the United States.

Users therefore cannot access the English version of Wikipedia from 5 pm on January 17 to 5 pm on January 18, Jimmy Wales, co-founder of the site attracts about 365 million readers worldwide, standing at 6th of all websites on earth, said on Twitter.

Replacing the database of 3.8 million articles is an open letter calling users to contact the US Congress to protest the bill.

Previously, Wikipedia version of Italy also stopped operating in a short time to protest the bill that violated editorial independence.

Although two bills are backed by a special lobbying campaign of media giants like Rupert Murdoch, they still face opposition from many Silicon Valley giants including Google. and Facebook.

On January 13, the White House said it would not approve important terms, but there is no guarantee that this will be the final result. US President Obama's adviser said the rules will help prevent real risks to cyber security.