The Internet Defense League, a project aimed at uniting the Internet against bad laws and monopolies, officially launched the "Cat Signal" Thusday night with parties in
San Francisco,
Washington, DC and
New York City.
Much as the Bat Signal warns Batman of impending doom, the Cat Signal strives to alert websites and users to dangerous laws and bills that threaten Internet freedom.
Hundreds of websites banded together earlier this year to protest SOPA and PIPA, two bills that threatened Internet freedom, by participating in a voluntary 24-hour blackout. The protest was successful as both bills died in the House and
Senate, but there was no organization to the blackout and no central source for related information. The Internet Defense League strives to add organization to these large-scale protests...
