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Advocates of a free and open Internet are celebrating a major victory.

Today was supposed to be the day the Senate was to hold a cloture vote on controversial legislation to curb online piracy, but last week’s massive Internet protests prompted lawmakers to rethink their plans.
At least 75,000 websites, including online heavyweights such as Wikipedia, Reddit and MoveOn.org, went dark for 24 hours on Jan. 18 to call attention to the censorship threat posed by the Senate’s Protect IP Act PIPA and the House of Representatives’ own version of the bill, called the Stop Online Piracy Act.

Google, the most popular search engine in the world, stayed active but covered its logo with a black box and added the message “Tell Congress: Please don’t censor the Web!” Clicking on the message link then took users to a page where they could read about the company’s concerns regarding the legislation — and where they could also sign an online petition, if they so chose. Seven million people in the U.S. opted to add their signatures, according to Google.

Other sites also posted messages and urged consumers to contact their lawmakers, which protest organizers say resulted in 3 million emails being sent to members of Congress. And Twitter reports that 2.4 million SOPA/PIPA-related tweets were sent out between midnight and 4 p.m. on the day of the protests.

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Advocates for a bill that would lift the cap on online charter schools testified today in Lansing that the legislation would go a long way toward providing more choices for children’s education.

“Parents demand choices. They’re looking for choices. They’re certainly looking for virtual choices,” said Dan Quisenberry, president of the Michigan Association of Public School Academies, a state charter advocacy group.

Quisenberry spoke this morning before the House Education Committee, which is considering a Senate bill that would lift the cap on the number of online charter schools that can open in Michigan and the number of students who can enroll. The Senate bill is part of a broad package of bills designed to give parents more choices for their children’s education.

Jerry Johnson, executive director of communication at the Genessee Intermediate School District, testified he’s concerned the bill lacks “any restraint and control measures,” to ensure the cyber charters are accountable for student achievement and financial transparency.

The bill, Johnson said, “is unnecessary, risky, laden with pitfalls and poses costly consequences to taxpayers.”

A law that went into effect in 2010 allowed for the opening of two online charter schools – schools in which students take all of their classes online from home – but tha…………… continues on Detroit Free Press

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