Google, Facebook, YouTube, Yahoo, Amazon, Wikipedia, Twitter, LinkedIn, Ebay, Bing use HTTP. Which as I'm sure you are aware was created by a European, working at a European institute.
Unless by Internet Blackout you meant blocking NNTP and Gopher?
They also use TCP/IP. Remember where that was created?
Neither of which is relevant AT ALL to the fact that they are being hit with ridiculous laws that hurt companies - small ones in particular - and therefore hurt consumers.
