by Andre Nelson
January 18 marked the greatest Internet protest in history. Within a scant 24 hours, Google collected nearly seven million signatures, while 350,000 emails were sent to local representatives, 2.4 million tweets were issued, and countless Facebook posts along with profile pictures displaying “blocked” signs with captions reading something along the lines of “content blocked to the U.S. public.” What the Arab Spring taught journalists about social media, anti-SOPA protests took it to the next level; in fact, just the span of this protest made the Arab Spring, along with the Occupy Movement, look like child’s play. But none of these actually matter.
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