Craig Newmark

Craig Newmark parlayed his curmudgeonly popularity as Craigslist founder to promote the anti-SOPA cause. He said the legislation offered the "means by which bad actors (with lots of money and lawyers) can take sites down. They talk about oversight to prevent abuse, but ... I've been in customer service for around seventeen years, and there are always loopholes which enable abuse." (You can see his full video statement here.)