Protesting against the Anti Piracy bill, this is under inspection by the American Congress, the internet information portal Wikipedia shuts down for 24hours on Wednesday. The portal which is most sought after by netizens for information on any issue, will not be available for access for the day. 

The recent victim of piracy is web-encyclopedia – Wikipedia. Seeing the rising cases of piracy, Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales and the community has decided to shut down the English version of the website. This major step has been taken in view to protest the highly controversial U.S. anti-piracy legislation act. He felt if these bills get approval, would curtail freedom of expression for the millions logged on to internet across the globe. He also held the opinion that this bill would lead to similar types of bills across the world censoring internet freedom.

Wales is one of the opponents of SOPA (Stop Online Piracy Act) and PIPA (Protect IP Act). The main motive of the bill is to crack down on the websites that offer copyrighted content without the owner’s permission. He shared this news using his official Twitter account as the platform where he Tweeted: `Student warning! Do your homework early. Wikipedia protesting bad law on Wednesday.’ 
Wales also said this was a decision taken on the suggestions offered by the majority of Wikipedians. He said this was utmost necessary but regretted the inconvenience caused. (AarKay)