The Cat Signal

Cat Signal is a topic I personally have never heard of before. However, after reading a short article I became increasingly intrigued. The Cat Signal is a type of logo that represents a group of followers that generally believe in the same thing regarding a draft law. This law revolves around CISPA: Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act.  Representative Rogers introduced this act and stated that it was aimed to "Protect America's Internet Interests." The idea of this signal was discussed back in 2012, but was just recently released. The followers that are a part of the Cat Signal belong or associate themselves the the IDL: Internet Defense League. The IDL is defined as, "a website with the aim of organizing future online protests of anti-piracy legislation (Internet Defense League 1)." The Internet Defense League website is made to allow ease of access of  signing up. Detailed league rules and policies can be found at http://internetdefenseleague.org/. From what I gathered by researching the IDL is that this group of people believe that a new Draft law taking place would take away our privacy, and therefore feel that we must rid ourselves of these Government laws.

How To Install the Cat Signal

1. Sign up at the IDL website as mentioned above. For more detailed instructions, visit Instructions. 
2. Grab the code. This is something the IDL website will give you automatically once you have signed up
3. Install on the device of your choice.

What Other's Think 

1. Russia changed their legal system back in 2012 to gain greater control over the Internet
2. China is currently reviewing their Internet draft law and making revisions
3. Germany feels they are already protected thanks to their FDPA: Federal Data Protection Act

What does the IDL do?

• They claim to "save" the Internet when it is in danger
• Leverage their people power for future attacks 
• Form rallies and protests

Sources

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-21843911
• http://gizmodo.com/5905360/what-is-cispa
• http://internetdefenseleague.org/
• http://www.exophrine.com/2012/05/theres-new-sheriff-on-internet-and.html
• http://www.digitaltrends.com/web/how-to-install-the-internet-defense-league-cat-signal-on-your-tumblr-blog/
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Defense_League
• http://english.cntv.cn/program/newshour/20121224/105163.shtml
• http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-07/20/cat-signal