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Learn how Open Technology Fund is supporting more than 45 million monthly users to access secure circumvention tools, as well as other key results from our work developing pioneering, open source internet freedom tools. ow.ly/A9pY50UCT1R

2 weeks left to apply to Open Technology Fund’s Information Controls Fellowship Program! Fellows investigate how repressive gov’ts are violating citizens’ #DigitalRights, and explore #circumvention methods to reclaim them. Learn more and apply by February 28 ow.ly/OE2S50URt4c

Just for you, a new DISINFORMATION WARS! In this episode, I speak to Open Technology Fund's Laura Cunningham about how authoritarian regimes are upping their censorship game - and how tech is helping the fight against growing digital authoritarianism. spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/osSxz447YQb

.Open Technology Fund welcomes 10 new ICFP Fellows and is now accepting applications for the next ICFP class, plus we’re supporting new censorship measurement and detection projects! Sign up for our newsletter to get updates: ow.ly/QBI350V1ZeH

.Open Technology Fund is supporting the development of technologies that can operate with little-to-no connectivity, including communications resources and human rights-documentation tools. Learn more about the impacts and outcomes of our work. ow.ly/9YYp50V1ZMv

Learn more about the SFTPGo audit from Open Technology Fund’s Security Lab partner Include Security: ow.ly/lP9250VfZrv

.Open Technology Fund President: The immediate consequence is that if this holds, over 45 million people will lose access to trusted and secure VPNs, leaving them exposed to authoritarian surveillance and persecution.

.Open Technology Fund President: Once we lose a user from one of our VPNs, particularly in China, it is almost impossible to get them back. This has clear consequences for any future U.S. government effort to reach people behind authoritarian firewalls. washingtonpost.com/technology/202…

.Open Technology Fund filed a lawsuit yesterday as a last resort to contest the termination of our grant, which would cause irreparable harm to internet freedom technologies and their users in authoritarian countries—especially those in China. Learn more ow.ly/lA6o50Vm9L8

.Open Technology Fund received a notification from the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) rescinding the grant terminations the agency issued on March 15, 2025. OTF contested the termination of funding on March 20. Learn more: opentech.fund/news/open-tech…

Learn more about the Círculo audit from Open Technology Fund’s Security Lab partner 7ASecurity: ow.ly/P5kn50VqNv2

📣 NEW research from Open Technology Fund’s Information Controls Fellowship Program illustrates how censorship in China has evolved into a sizable and complex industry comprising an interconnected web of actors. Learn more: ow.ly/fm4x50VqNVu

.Open Technology Fund invests in novel censorship-measurement projects to more swiftly and reliably determine the scale of—and response to—digital authoritarianism. Learn more about these investments, plus other key results from our internet freedom work. ow.ly/aZkx50VqO94

.Open Technology Fund supported research into China’s semiconductor procurement is essential to countering the CCP’s repressive censorship and surveillance. Learn about ICFP Fellow Chiang Min-yen’s key findings and access the full report: opentech.fund/news/how-china… The SecDev Group

.@OpenTech Fund invests in privacy-preserving tech to enable users—especially those engaged in high-risk work such as journalists—to communicate privately & securely. Learn more about these investments, + other key results from our internet freedom work. ow.ly/UZcB50VqPZs

.Open Technology Fund’s ICFP Fellow Alexandra Dirksen examined how authoritarian efforts to control network infrastructure domestically creates the conditions that facilitate HTTPS interception—threatening the #privacy of millions. Censored Planet ow.ly/LK5k50VN7BQ

.Open Technology Fund’s support for digital forensic and threat intelligence tools empowers #CivilSociety to identify and respond to digital threats and attacks. Learn more about these investments, plus other key results from our work. ow.ly/CpNX50VrGLU

.Open Technology Fund’s Security Lab partner subgraph’s audit of FileZilla Pro Server found that the popular FTP app is well-configured to mitigate many common security risks. Learn more and access the full audit report: ow.ly/4xOs50VPzzU

.Open Technology Fund’s Security Lab partner Security Research Labs audit of Reproducible Builds’ code found that it is well-configured to mitigate many common hacking risks. Learn more and access the full audit report: ow.ly/Oxjm50VPzIM

.Open Technology Fund’s Rapid Response Fund has supported over 400 rapid response interventions in more than 80 countries, including China, Cuba, Iran, Russia, and Uganda. Learn more about the Fund, plus other key results from our internet freedom work: ow.ly/FwLo50VrIPN