Thousands of websites temporarily shut down to protest proposed Internet regulations. The protests’ popularity has caused waning support for both the Stop Online Piracy Act and Protect Intellectual Property Act, with Senators including Marco Rubio and John Cornyn removing themselves as co-sponsors of the bill. In other news, Yahoo’s co-founder Jerry Yang is resigning from the company’s board of directors. Yang did not give a reason for leaving, but insiders confirmed that he stepped down voluntarily. Yahoo’s glory days are long behind and the company has to rearrange its deck chairs yet again. And finally, the U.S. Supreme Court refused to clarify if schools can punish students for comments made online, after lower courts asked for an updated opinion. For precedent, the court still relies on a 1969 landmark case that said protesting the Vietnam War was within students’ First Amendment rights.
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