British Airways announces to customers to be prepare for an emergency landing. Three hours into the flight from Miami to London there is an alarming message on the intercom. Telling all passengers to brace themselves that they will be doing an emergency landing in the water. Passengers feared for their lives and were awaken to the terrified announcement "they were screaming and crying." After a few minutes the crew had to reassure the passengers that the plane is fine. The announcement was a malfunction and the plane does not have to do an emergency landing. This was the second time in two years that the recording went off in error.
Mirror. (January 8, 2012). British Airways says sorry after 'emergency' announcement played by mistake. Retrieved January 18, 2011, from http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/18/british-airways-says-sorry-after-emergency-announcement-played-by-mistake-115875-23705295/
Today is internet blackout day. This is a protest against the anti-piracy bill that are up for debate in he U.S. Congress. The bills are called SOPA and PIPA. This is to protect Media companies copyrighted content that is stolen and given away for free by some websites. The two bills will restrict access to U.S. websites that potentially could link to this pirated content. Tech companies in Silicon Valley stated that "this could cause a problem with how the internet functions." Google has a large blackout across its name and many other internet companies have followed suit.
"They're arguing that so much of the content we share comes from other places and if this new law were to pass, much of it wouldn't be able to be published or would be censored or taken offline if it were. Links couldn't be shared to other content unless otherwise approved, the same goes for images and any other content.
That’s why companies like Google and Wikipedia are protesting and asking people to join them."
To sign the protest click on the link https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
Mirror. (January 8, 2012). British Airways says sorry after 'emergency' announcement played by mistake. Retrieved January 18, 2011, from http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2012/01/18/british-airways-says-sorry-after-emergency-announcement-played-by-mistake-115875-23705295/
Today is internet blackout day. This is a protest against the anti-piracy bill that are up for debate in he U.S. Congress. The bills are called SOPA and PIPA. This is to protect Media companies copyrighted content that is stolen and given away for free by some websites. The two bills will restrict access to U.S. websites that potentially could link to this pirated content. Tech companies in Silicon Valley stated that "this could cause a problem with how the internet functions." Google has a large blackout across its name and many other internet companies have followed suit.
"They're arguing that so much of the content we share comes from other places and if this new law were to pass, much of it wouldn't be able to be published or would be censored or taken offline if it were. Links couldn't be shared to other content unless otherwise approved, the same goes for images and any other content.
That’s why companies like Google and Wikipedia are protesting and asking people to join them."
To sign the protest click on the link https://www.google.com/landing/takeaction/
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