The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

Voters Telecommunications Watch
VTW

    (VTW) A non-profit organisation based in New York,
   founded by Shabbir J. Safdar to protect the rights of
   Internet users.  The VTW has actively opposed regulation of
   encryption and restrictions on Internet free speech.  VTW
   created the animated "Free Speech" fireworks icon that has
   been displayed on many web pages since June 12, 1996, the day
   that a three-judge panel in Philadelphia ruled the CDA
   unconstitutional.

   (http://vtw.org).

   (1996-11-03)