Russian Wikipedia blacks out over censorship plan

People visiting the Russian-language Wikipedia today will find it blacked out, in protest of a proposed far-reaching Internet blacklist plan in Russia. Similar measures were used in the Italian Wikipedia to protest an Italian Internet censorship law, and in the English Wikipedia to protest SOPA/PIPA. The Russian proposal, Bill 89417-6, will establish a national censorwall that blocks "all websites containing pornography, drug ads and promoting suicide or extremist ideas." Here's a Google Translate translation of the Wikipedia message:

Today, July 10, the Duma hearings are going to amend the Act for information that could lead to the creation of extra-judicial censorship of the Internet in Russian, including the closure of access to Wikipedia in Russian.
Wikipedia community protests against censorship, dangerous to free knowledge, open to all mankind. We ask that you support in opposing this bill.

Russian Wikipedia Shutters In Protest of Internet Blacklist Plans

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This is alarming. Wikipedia is one source of useful information which is open to all who want insight on certain things. It is convenient way of research than before.
- Andrew Singleton
  
  Which is why they did the blackout thing again. They /WILL/ be noticed.
  
  It worked with SOPA. It worked in Italy. I hope it works here.
  - http://dailygrail.com/ Red Pill Junkie
    
    ”Once more into the breach, my friends…”
    
    Defending our digital rights is going to be a never-ending battle.
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1016885682 Bill Brooks

Putin, bringing back the USSR
- http://twitter.com/missshenna Lithi
  
  Along with the US, UK, Canada, etc.
FusionEnvy

How much different is this from throwing file sharing ppl in jail via the U.S.?
- http://twitter.com/beep54orama B E Pratt
  
  Not much. Welcome to the wonderful world of world-wide Totalitarianism :) It’s just that we like to do it a bit differently in different areas. Keeps you on your toes, knowhutimean?
  - Cowicide
    
    Welcome to the wonderful world of world-wide Totalitarianism
    
    There should be a PSA poster made for that:
    
    “Totalitarianism – Everybody’s doing it.”
- Ipo
  
  Very.
IronEdithKidd

Ban pr0n? In Russia? This ain’t gonna work.
- Ben Burger
  
  A ban anywhere wouldn’t work.
  - Cowicide
    
    They might as well try to ban vodka as well.
    - Antinous / Moderator
      
      Sssssssh.
  - IronEdithKidd
    
    Exactly.