What Google Plus hashtag was the most trending this year?

December 19, 2012 By Karen Stewartson

Answer: #SOPA

Anything Internet-related is bound to garner widespread attention and the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA) was no different. After 1.2 trillion searches conducted on Google in 2012, SOPA was named the world's No. 1 most searched hashtag on the search giant's zeitgeist list. While SOPA proponents believe it would protect intellectual property, opponents said the legislation threatens free speech. On Jan. 18, more than 7,000 websites including Wikipedia recognized Black Wednesday by limiting content in protest of SOPA. (Read GovTech's SOPA coverage).

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Duana Guinty | Commented December 19, 2012

this may be a stupid question but it is the little things that make me scratch my head the archive list of last years Government Technology has one date in the year 2013 does that mean you will be publishing an article in Jan on this issue? thank you for your posts in 2012 and I look forward to staying connected in 2013. you are so on top of things.

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