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by Dan Rice

 

Get around the Wikipedia blackout

Already understand what’s so bad about SOPA, but still need to use Wikipedia? There are a number of ways to get around the blackout. Here’s mine:

  1. Make sure you’ve read what Wikipedia has to say about SOPA. They think this is important enough to take their site offline, so please understand what you’re about to circumvent.
  2. Install the Adblock Plus add-on in your browser. As this scenario shows, it’s incredibly useful for blocking more than just ads.
  3. Add my filter to your AdBlock list.

In my setup, that gets Wikipedia working again. Happy researching.


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Nina says:

Or don’t download anything and just disable js on wikipedia domains in your browser settings. :)

Dan says:

I’ll start using that when they put it in the Firefox GUI. I never remember the correct “about:” URL. Plus, Adblock is so wonderful to begin with!


 

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