Google will change its homepage and other pages go dark in protest of SOPA

Google search giant and crucial tool for legal internet marketing will change its homepage in order to protest the online piracy bill SOPA.

SOPA has been likened to online censorship measure taken by countries like China and Iran. This bill would allow content providers to request that certain websites to be shut down. The bill is intended to cut down on internet piracy and prevent users from illegally down loading movies, television shows and music. People, who illegally download content, could also face incarceration at worse or heavy fines.

But opponents to SOPA say it could cause censorship of the internet. It could adversely affect businesses that provide legal internet marketing.

In a statement to Business Insider, Google said “Like many businesses, entrepreneurs, and web users we oppose these bills because there are smart, targeted ways to shut down rogue foreign websites without asking American companies to censor the Internet. So tomorrow we will be joining many other tech companies to highlight this issue on our U.S. homepage.”

Other websites will be joining Google in their protest. Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia stated that their page will go dark from midnight Tuesday for an entire 24 hours. Reddit and Scribid will also go dark. Twitter users have added protest banners to their images.

Google has millions of users and is one of the most popular websites on the net. But it isn’t just tech companies who oppose the SOPA bill. Legal internet marketing company, Digital Age Marketing and many regular net users also oppose the draconian bill.

The White House has also stated concerns about the bill and will not support it until serious revisions are made.