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Millions sign Google's anti-SOPA petition

Google's infographic on the fight against SOPA. Google's homepage today shows a thick black censorship stamp across its colorful logo. And, if clicked on, it leads users to a  "End Piracy, Not Liberty" petition  that asks people to sign-on to protest the  two anti-piracy laws  to be voted on by Senate and Congress. "Millions of Americans oppose SOPA and PIPA because these bills would censor the Internet and slow economic growth in the U.S.," the petition reads. "Sign this petition urging Congress to vote NO on PIPA and SOPA before it is too late." Over the course of the day, millions of people signed onto Google's petition. "The last number we released was at 4:30pm ET," said Google spokesperson Christine Chen. "At that point we were at 4.5 million signatories and counting." This search-giant is showing that it is in lock step with hundreds of other individuals, groups, and Web sites that either sent out their ...