Flickr lets users black out photos in SOPA protest

NEW YORK: Photo sharing site Flickr has joined the protest against the proposed legislation known as SOPA at the last minute by announcing that users will be able to darken each other’s photos in a “symbolic act.”

Going one step further than the anti-SOPA banners displayed on Google or the blackouts taking place on sites such as Wikipedia, Flickr is letting its members darken both their own photos and others’ in an effort to show “the potential impact of these harmful bills.”