The “blackout” of Web sites to protest the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)
in January was an unprecedented show of Internet solidarity against bad
legislation. But with new net-threatening measures like ACTA and CISPA
popping out of Congress on a practically monthly basis, one online
entrepreneur and a group of net activists want to enable regular
SOPA-style mass protests at the push of a button.
Alexis Ohanian, the 29-year old founder of social news site Reddit, has
partnered with the online advocacy group Fight for the Future to create
what they’re calling the “Internet Defense League.” Ohanian describes
the project, which they plan to officially launch next month, as a
“Bat-Signal for the Internet.” Any website owner can sign up on the
group’s website to add a bit of code to his or her site or receive that
code by email at the time of a certain campaign that can be triggered in
the case of a political crisis like SOPA, adding an activist call to
action to all the sites involved, such as a widget or banner asking
users to sign petitions, call lawmakers, or boycott companies.
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