Online Activists Team Up To Create Internet 'Bat Signal'

Source: RedOrbit

The founder of the social news website Reddit and the online advocacy group Fight for the Future are teaming up to create a new warning and call-to-action system that will mobilize the computer community against Internet-unfriendly legislation. ...
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WordPress, Reddit, Cheezburger and Others Join New "Internet Defense League"

Source: All Things Digital

In the hopes that the online enthusiasm and organizing that helped fend off anti-piracy bills SOPA and PIPA in U.S. Congress this year be captured and redeployed, online activists are now founding an “Internet Defense League.” Member ...
Full article at: All Things Digital  More like this  13 hours ago

The "bat signal" for the internet

Source: Hacker News

The Internet Blackout was just the beginning. Together, our websites and personal networks can mobilize the planet to defend the internet from bad laws ...
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Internet Defense League Aims To Be The Web's 'Bat Signal' For Online Protests

Source: The Huffington Post

Back in January, thousands of websites, including Wikipedia, went dark to protest legislation in Congress aimed at combating copyright infringement. Opponents of the bills, known as SOPA and PIPA, said the measur ...
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Battleship of fools

Source: VC Reporter

Directed by Peter Berg Starring: Taylor Kitsch, Alexander Skarsgard, Rihanna, Brooklyn Decker Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of violence, action and destruction and for language 2 hr. 11 mins. Like taking a stand for Wall Street bankers, oil compani ...
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Technology helps police rescue kidnapped kids

Source: King 5

sowhatnow said on May 22, 2012 at 10:38 PM For those saying that this is a custody battle, you're wrong. If she has a no contact order with the guy, that means the kids are in that order too, therefore he has no custody of the kid. So, in fact, the kids ...
Full article at: King 5  More like this  4 days ago, 12:49am CDT