<div class="rss-widget"><ul><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/internet-blackout/' title='WordPress.org is officially joining the protest against Senate Bill 968: the Protect IP Act that is coming before the U.S. Senate next week. As I wrote in my post a week ago, if this bill is passed it will jeopardize internet freedom and shift the power of the independent web into the hands of corporations. [&hellip;]'>Internet Blackout Day on January 18</a> <span class="rss-date">January 17, 2012</span><div class='rssSummary'>WordPress.org is officially joining the protest against Senate Bill 968: the Protect IP Act that is coming before the U.S. Senate next week. As I wrote in my post a week ago, if this bill is passed it will jeopardize internet freedom and shift the power of the independent web into the hands of corporations. [&hellip;]</div></li><li><a class='rsswidget' href='http://wordpress.org/news/2012/01/help-stop-sopa-pipa/' title='You are an agent of change. Has anyone ever told you that? Well, I just did, and I meant it. Normally we stay away from from politics here at the official WordPress project — having users from all over the globe that span the political spectrum is evidence that we are doing our job and [&hellip;]'>Help Stop SOPA/PIPA</a> <span class="rss-date">January 10, 2012</span><div class='rssSummary'>You are an agent of change. Has anyone ever told you that? Well, I just did, and I meant it. Normally we stay away from from politics here at the official WordPress project — having users from all over the globe that span the political spectrum is evidence that we are doing our job and [&hellip;]</div></li></ul></div>