The best Sopa protests online – in pictures

This screen shot shows the blacked-out Wikipedia website, announcing a 24-hour protest against proposed legislation in the Congress, intended to protect intellectual property that critics say could facilitate censorship, referred to as the Stop Online Piracy Act, or Sopa, and the Protect IP Act, or Pipa Photograph: AP

Mozilla blacks out in protest against Sopa Photograph: Mozilla

Popular news-sharing site Reddit blacked out in protest against Sopa with information on how to contact members of Congress Photograph: reddit

Wordpress makes a protest against Sopa with information on the propsed law Photograph: wordpress

Google stuck a black block over its infamous logo with a message underneath about Sopa Photograph: guardian.co.uk

Ars Technica joined 'Sopa Reistance Day' Photograph: Ars Technica

WIRED blacks out most of their website in protest against Sopa Photograph: WIRED

Minecraft's pun-y mesasge in protest of Sopa Photograph: minecraft

4chan blacked out in protest Photograph: sopa4chan

Also taking part in the protest is the icanhasCheezburger network, home of those adorable cat photos Photograph: sopacheezburger

Comic site The Oatmeal blacked out completley Photograph: theoatmeal

Tumblr posted a protest on Wednesday, but did not shut down completely Photograph: tumblr

xkcd blocked its comic content in protest against Sopa Photograph: xkcd