Today, Mozilla will be taking part in a protest the U.S. SOPA and PIPA legislation. You can read more about this from:
Mozilla's Chairman, Mitchell Baker
Mozilla's CEO, Gary Kovacs
Mozilla's Privacy and Public Policy Lead, Alex Fowler
Our sites will go black and offer information and links to help folks understand this issue. In addition to www.mozilla.org and www.mozilla.com, hundreds of millions of Firefox users will see a blacked out Firefox Start page with a small note under the big search box pointing to more information.
(Note: All users will still be able to receive security updates and access our technical support website.)