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Is SOPA really dead? If you believe Mashable’s headline – in what is our most shared story of the week – the Stop Online Piracy Act has moved on to its final resting place.

But if you read the words of the act’s chief sponsor, Texas Rep. Lamar Smith, it sounds more like SOPA is just getting smelling salts in the corner. “It is clear that we need to revisit the approach,” says Smith. “Congress cannot stand by and do nothing while American innovators and job creators are under attack.”

Ed. note: This is a guest post from UK Prime Minister, David Cameron, on the Red Tape Challenge aimed at reducing regulation in UK and the accompanying LinkedIn poll and group that’s been used to gather feedback from our UK members on the topic.

After just a few days, hundreds of LinkedIn users have responded to a poll asking whether their enterprise is being stifled by unnecessary red tape. The message they have sent us is clear; more than 75% of respondents told us that red tape is a problem and 30% considered it to be a major issue.

Come every new year, getting back in shape is often on our minds. To help with our new year’s resolutions, the first InDay of 2012 was focused on Health and Wellness. Last year Mountain View set the bar on January InDay for health and wellness, but this year the rest of the world showed Mountain View how it is done. Around the world, our offices hosted a wide range of health and wellness activities from yoga classes to Quadbiking.

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Mountain View LinkedIn Olympics

Not since the death of Steve Jobs in the fall of 2011 has one story so dominated the attention of professionals. The fight over the Stop Online Piracy Act, or SOPA — a U.S. House of Representatives bill designed to block online copyright violations — took three of the top five headlines in our weekly look at the most-shared stories by 135+ million LinkedIn members. From professionals in the IT industry to aviation and aerospace workers, concern over how the Internet might work – or might stop working — with the bill’s potential passing brought a torrent of sharing. Here’s the full list: (more…)