Stop American Censorship: Stop SOPA & PIPA

A bit of a public service announcement here folks, but for the next day or two VizWorld will be joining the ranks of those opposed to the US censorship bills SOPA & PIPA thanks to CloudFlare’s new app.  For the next day or two, newcomers to the site will see the “censored” Version of VizWorld.  Simply clicking on any of the censored areas will reveal why, and allow the user to disable the effect.  It’ll only happen the first time a user visits so it’s not terribly annoying, although the reality of the internet if the bill passes is truly scary indeed.

If you’re not already familiar with the bills, visit the Stop American Censorship website.  In addition, you can help spread the word by sharing links to VizWorld to your friends (which will appear in their Censored form, helping to spread the word).

This story written by Randall Hand

Randall Hand is a computer graphics programmer and news junky that's been working in the field for the last 15 years. He's responsible for visualizations generated on some of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, ytnef, mullion support in ParaView, and VizWorld.com.