Opponents to SOPA and PIPA, the two controversial anti-piracy bills, were declaring victory following yesterday's unprecedented Internet protest. The numbers back them up.
More than 115,000 websites participated in the protest, with as many as 50,000 sites, including Wikipedia, Craigslist and WordPress, blacking out their sites, per Fight for the Future, one of the organizers.
Wikipedia, the largest website to participate, blacking out its entire English-language site, reported that 162 million landed on its page and 8 million looked up their congressional representative information in order to protest the bills.
Google blacked out its logo and directed visitors to its petition, which 7 million signed.
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