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How China is Poaching Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry to Power Its Digital Authoritarianism: A Supply Chain Analysis
During his year-long Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP), Chiang Min-yen explored the development of AI chips in China, reviewing the intersection of Chinese digital totalitarianism and emerging trends of AI chips—with a view from the global supply chain....
Open Technology Fund Files Lawsuit to Contest Grant Termination and Preserve Critical Mission
Washington, D.C. – In a filing last night, Open Technology Fund (OTF) asked the United States District Court for the District of Columbia to issue a temporary restraining order against certain actions taken by the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM) and the Office of...
A Silent, Silencing Industry: The Growing Market of Human-Powered Censorship in China
New research from an Open Technology Fund Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) fellow—who is remaining anonymous due to the sensitive nature of the research—illustrates how censorship in China has evolved into a sizable and complex industry comprising an...
OTF provides financial support for projects through these funds & fellowships >>
Internet Freedom Fund
The Internet Freedom Fund is OTF’s primary way to support projects and people working on open and accessible technology-focused projects that promote human rights, Internet freedom, open societies.
Rapid Response Fund
The Rapid Response Fund aims to facilitate the digital emergency response community to resolve threats in a timely and comprehensive manner for individuals, communities, and organizations whose free expression has recently been repressed.
Surge and Sustain Fund
The Surge and Sustain Fund is the primary way that OTF provides resources to leading VPN and circumvention solutions to support user costs in highly restrictive environments.
Information Controls Fellowship
The Information Controls Fellowship Program (ICFP) cultivates research, outputs, and creative collaboration on topics related to repressive Internet censorship and surveillance.
OTF has supported 450+ projects to date.
Localization Lab
Making Internet freedom tools available in new languages.
Red Team Lab
Strengthening the security of open-source Internet freedom software.
Secure Usability & Accessibility Lab
The Usability Lab aims to increase user safety and promote practical Internet freedom.
Learning Lab
Telling the stories of projects and the results they produce.
OTF provides ongoing project support for security audits, usability and user safety, translations, and community learning.
OTF Key Impacts
2+ BILLION
global users circumvent online censorship with OTF-supported technologies
1+ MILLION
words translated in 240 languages and dialects
35+
advisory council members from academia, industry, and civil society
1042
projects received