By Andy Greenberg
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.
?People who wish to be tapped can see, oh look, the Bat-Signal is up. Time to do something,? says Ohanian. ?Whatever website you own, this is a way for you to be notified if something comes up and take some basic actions?If we aggregate everyone that?s doing it, the numbers start exploding.?
The embedded code on participating sites might do more than just display a mere banner ad, says Tiffiny Cheng, co-director of Internet-focused political advocacy group Fight for the Future, and could even ?
Reddit?s Alexis Ohanian And Activists Aim To Build A ?Bat-Signal For The Internet? [continued]
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