As part of the “blackout” day in protest of two proposed bills before congress: Protect IP Act (PIPA) and Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA), Google has taken an undermining role in gathering information for the US Government. The internet giant has provided a form for a petition that asks for contact information that will “be [...]

(Disclaimer: The author of this article is a mostly apolitical suburban housewife who doesn’t watch the news or read the paper. She gets most of her information from such credible sources as Digg.com and Wikipedia. She is also 7-time college dropout who doesn’t vote most of the time, has full medical coverage and has never experienced true poverty. [...]