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"Reddit, already a vocal opponent of CISPA, is attempting to raise awareness for the issue by blacking out some comments on the site.\nThe blackouts appeared on some subreddits beginning Monday morning. The call on whether to join the protest and how to protest were made by moderators, Reddit GM Erik Martin told Mashable in a phone interview. For those subreddits that took part, the comments are still legible, but feature a hard-to-read format in which white letters appear against a black background. Atop the page is a banner stating, \"Why is this subreddit blacked out? Click here to learn more about CISPA!\" which leads to this CISPA discussion thread. A discussion about which subreddits are taking part can be found here. \n\nNot every protesting subreddit features blacked-out comments. At least one employed a gray background, while the Atheism subreddit sported the following message:  \nREDDIT IS REPORTING YOUR INTEREST IN ATHEISM TO THE GOVERNMENTOkay, not really, but under CISPA it would be completely legal. Even your personal emails and files, even giving them to third parties like the RIAA. How? Because just about anything could be given due to CISPA's vague wording.Protect your rights online! Help stop CISPA by taking action or at least reading the EFF's faq or the official reddit thread on it.Time is running out, contact your senators quickly.\nReddit joined some 30,000 other sites in March in opposing CISPA with an interactive banner ad from the Internet Defense League that allows voters to send the following message to their members of Congress: \"CISPA is back. This bill sacrifices privacy without improving security. We deserve both.\"\nThe Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act aims to get sites like Reddit to share their Internet traffic information with the U.S. government. The stated goal of the bill, which passed in the House last week, is to help the federal government probe cyberthreats and help thwart cyberattacks. Opponents say CISPA violates users' privacy. The bill is headed to the Senate this week for a vote. April 22 has been declared a day of protest on the Internet.\nThe move comes after Reddit opposed the Stop Internet Piracy Act in 2012 by blacking out its entire site for a day. \nImage courtesy of Flickr, EvaBlue"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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