Come celebrate with us. On Thursday July 19, the Internet Defense League will be celebrating Internet freedom at events in several cities. As Hollywood’s latest superhero movie opens in theaters for a midnight showing, IDL members in select cities can celebrate the launch around powerful spotlights rented for the occasion. The spotlights will beam the IDL’s “cat-signal” into the stratosphere, across obliging clouds, or onto neighboring buildings.

EFF staff members will be at the Spotlight Party in San Francisco, so come say hello. Join EFF staff members Marcia Hofmann, Katitiza Rodriguez, Rainey Reitman, Parker Higgins, Mark Burdett, Adi Kamdar, Jillian York, and Trevor Timm at the San Francisco Spotlight Party on Thursday July 19. The event will get started at 8PM at the Mozilla Offices, 2 Harrison Street, 7th Floor. RSVP here.

Parties are are being planned in New York, Washington, DC, London, and even Ulaar Bataar, Mongolia.If you'd like to host an event in your city but don't have the funds, send an email to our partners at Fight for the Future (include thoughts on the location, the kind of crowd you can draw, and other ideas). If you can self-fund an event in your city, don't bother donating, just email our partners at Fight for the Future.