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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by tekknik on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:32AM (#42769092)
having lived through that period and relying on the internet to do my day job i didn’t notice.

also if you look at the history of the bill, there is no mention of public opinion at all. They shelved the bill due to lack of agreement.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by lolinder on Monday January 20, 2025 @09:49AM (#42769286)
Well, speak for yourself, not "most of us". On 01/18/2012 the HN front page was basically nothing but SOPA/PIPA content:

https://news.ycombinator.com/front?day=2012-01-18

As for your claim they had no effect, that's not what the sources from the time say—on the day of the protests 13 senators announced their opposition, including 5 former co-sponsors:

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/01/pipa-support-col...

When you lose five co-sponsors in one day and that day happens to coincide with the internet shutting down, I don't find it very credible to try to claim that there was internal dissent all along.

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Re:TikTok says it is restoring service for U.S. users by cableshaft on Monday January 20, 2025 @12:00PM (#42770605)
I very much noticed. It was all over pretty much every major site. I'm surprised to hear of anyone online that day that didn't notice.
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