www.sopajs.org - simple SOPA banner for your website

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SOPA JS is a simple banner tool that website owners can embed to raise awareness about SOPA legislation. Built with Python and App Engine, it displays a banner on websites and uses geolocation to highlight relevant politicians, initially focusing on California representatives. Users add a single script tag to their site to activate the banner. The service was created as an alternative to larger protest tactics and remains in early development, accepting contributions to expand politician data and improve functionality.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

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Y'all, I've been reading about the "nuclear option" that some internet giants are considering in order to highlight SOPA and I wondered why they didn't just put a banner saying to "Pay attention to SOPA" on their sites. I realized that it would only take a bit of time to build the service, so I did. It's built with…

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