Internet Defenders to Mobilize With Cat Signal

New group will use beacon to spread awareness of threats to the open Web

Batman has the bat signal. Defenders of the Internet will soon have a "cat signal," a beacon of light that will be projected from spotlights into the sky or on buildings in major cities to alert the masses when the Internet is threatened by the government.

The alert system is part of the mobilizing tactics of the Internet Defense League, which formally launches this Thursday in a press conference. The IDL has been in the works since late May and already has a website.

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