
For the past ten years, the Tor Project has been providing the world with technology and research essential to protecting privacy and freedom of speech online.
Current project status
Just an idea (Pre-alpha)
It exists! (Alpha/Beta)
It's basically done (Release)
People use it (Production)
Funding to date
2013
$600,000
12 months
Internet Freedom Fund
2014
$900,000
12 months
2015
$900,000
12 months
2016
$707,300
12 months
Total Funding: $3,107,300
Addressed problems
- Blocking, filtering, or modification of political, social, and/or religious content (including apps)
- Physical intimidation, arrest, violence (including device seizure or destruction), and death for political or social reasons
- Repressive surveillance or monitoring of communication
- Restrictive Internet filtering by technical methods (IP blocking, DNS filtering, TCP RST, DPI, etc.)
Objective(s)
- Deploying technology
- Software or hardware development
- Testing
- Technology development
Beneficiaries
- Sexual minorities
- General public
- Women
- Youth
- Ethnic minorities
- Activists
- Journalists
- Advocacy groups/NGOs
Region(s) archive
- Global
Technology attributes
- Browser extension
- Browser plugin
- Anonymity
- Sensitive data
- User interface/experience
- Desktop client
We wrote about it
- Tor calls for help as its supply of bridges falters
- How Journalists Can Stay Secure Reporting from Android Devices
- December update
- OTF 2013 Projects Part 2
- January update
- Reporters Without Borders and Torservers.net, partners against online surveillance and censorship
- Tor's Skyrocketing Popularity in Russia
- Code Audits are Good. Making Code Audits Public is Better
- 8 Free Privacy Programs Worth Your Year-End Donations
- OTF Monthly Report for April 2015
- OTF Monthly Report for May 2015
- OTF Monthly Report for July 2015
- OTF Monthly Report for August 2015
- Tor use skyrockets in Bangladesh after government bans social networks
- Motherboard: The Tor Project Is Starting a Bug Bounty Program
- Facebook Adds Tor support on Android
- Importance of Digital Safety for Journalists Highlighted in New Guide
- January 2016 Monthly Report
- February 2017 Monthly Report
- March 2016 Monthly Report
- April 2016 Monthly Report
- May 2016 Monthly Report
- June 2016 Monthly Report
- August 2016 Monthly Report
- September 2016 Monthly Report
- China tightens grip on the Internet, but it didn't block all the tools to get around censorship: Mashable
- The Ingenious Way Iranians Are Using Satellite TV to Beam in Banned Internet: Wired
- Facebook Says 1 Million People Accessed the Site Over Tor This Month: Motherboard
- How Ugandans can beat government censorship: Daily Dot
- Internet activists are finding ways around China’s Great Firewall: Washington Post
- Turks Are Flocking to Tor After Government Orders Block of Anti-Censorship Tools: Motherboard
- A guide to staying online if the internet or social media gets blocked in your country: Quartz
- April 2017 Monthly Report
- Egypt blocks access to 21 news websites: CPJ
- Egypt has blocked over 100 mostly news-related websites: Quartz
- June 2017 Monthly Report
- July 2017 Monthly Report
- The New York Times is Now Available as a Tor Onion Service: Times Open
- Russia's Senate adopts new legislation cracking down on Internet anonymity: Meduza
- Tor network will pay you to hack it through new bug bounty program: ZDNet
- December 2017 Monthly Report
- June 2018 Monthly Report