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"https://www.opentech.fund/news/a-quick-look-at-quic-censorship/", "published_at": "2022-04-20T16:09:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cb311dc4", "title": "The Evolution of ICFP: From Inception to Impact", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/the-evolution-of-icfp-from-inception-to-impact/", "published_at": "2022-03-07T15:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cb76514b", "title": "Announcing OTF’S Newest Class of Information Controls Fellows", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/announcing-otfs-newest-class-of-information-controls-fellows/", "published_at": "2022-02-02T09:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cbd39dc1", "title": "Automating Censorship Evasion Strategies to Unlock Closed Societies", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/automating-censorship-evasion-strategies-to-unlock-closed-societies/", "published_at": "2021-12-13T11:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cbd859a9", "title": "OTF Conducts Security Audit of Hypha", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/otf-conducts-security-audit-of-hypha/", "published_at": "2021-12-09T15:30:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cbfaee1f", "title": "GFWatch: A Longitudinal Measurement Platform Built to Monitor China’s DNS Censorship at Scale", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/gfwatch-a-longitudinal-measurement-platform-built-to-monitor-chinas-dns-censorship-at-scale/", "published_at": "2021-11-04T13:00:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cce794ff", "title": "2019 ICFP Wrap Up", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/2019-icfp-wrap-up/", "published_at": "2021-06-21T05:24:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cd7aa562", "title": "Investigative Series on Xinjiang Detention Camps Wins Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/investigative-series-on-xinjiang-detention-camps-wins-pulitzer-prize-in-international-reporting/", "published_at": "2021-06-17T16:05:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431ce2c1e78", "title": "Announcing OTF’s Latest Class of Information Controls Fellows", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/announcing-otfs-latest-class-of-information-controls-fellows/", "published_at": "2020-12-14T16:14:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cefeae83", "title": "2018 ICFP Wrap up", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/2018-icfp-wrap-up/", "published_at": "2020-10-16T09:49:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c551-ac36-703e-b572-c431cf8fef67", "title": "Introducing the Open Technology Fund Authorization Act", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/introducing-the-open-technology-fund-authorization-act/", "published_at": "2020-04-28T13:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd2d39ce0", "title": "The Silencing Effect of Digital Transnational Repression", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/the-silencing-effect-of-digital-transnational-repression/", "published_at": "2020-02-26T16:54:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd3482a90", "title": "Announcing OTF’s Newest Class of Information Controls Fellows", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/announcing-otfs-newest-class-of-information-controls-fellows-2/", "published_at": "2020-01-29T19:22:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd3887a2d", "title": "A New, Independent OTF", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/a-new-independent-otf/", "published_at": "2019-11-25T13:59:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd3c5c2c7", "title": "Studying “Study the Great Nation”", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/studying-study-the-great-nation/", "published_at": "2019-10-12T14:39:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd4bb00c7", "title": "Examining The Expanding Web of Chinese and Russian Information Controls", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/examining-the-expanding-web-of-chinese-and-russian-information-controls/", "published_at": "2019-09-17T12:16:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd55846de", "title": "Chinese ‘Police App’ Discreetly Siphons, Insecurely Transmits User Data: Audit", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/chinese-police-app-discreetly-siphons-insecurely-transmits-user-data-audit/", "published_at": "2019-07-02T15:28:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd5e06978", "title": "OTF Announces Laura Cunningham as Principal Director", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/otf-announces-laura-cunningham-as-principal-director/", "published_at": "2019-06-05T15:35:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd6b7006c", "title": "Fourth Cohort of Information Controls Fellows in Review", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/fourth-cohort-of-information-controls-fellows-in-review/", "published_at": "2019-02-20T21:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd6f7c8b9", "title": "Introducing OTF’s Newest ICFP Fellows", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/introducing-otfs-newest-icfp-fellows/", "published_at": "2018-12-31T17:25:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c559-f61a-71e4-a4d2-116bd72dd64e", "title": "App Targeting Uyghur Population Censors Content, Lacks Basic Security", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/app-targeting-uyghur-population-censors-content-lacks-basic-security/", "published_at": "2018-08-30T09:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775bacd5a6", "title": "Request for Partners: Learning Lab", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/request-for-partners-learning-lab/", "published_at": "2018-08-30T09:03:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775beb2080", "title": "ICFP Second Round Wrap-Up – Results and Outcomes", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/icfp-second-round-wrap-up-results-and-outcomes/", "published_at": "2018-08-30T09:01:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775c821656", "title": "ICFP Third Round Wrap-Up – Results and Outcomes", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/icfp-third-round-wrap-up-results-and-outcomes/", "published_at": "2018-05-10T19:52:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775d346d6a", "title": "OTF Announces Latest Round of Information Controls Fellows", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/otf-announces-latest-round-of-information-controls-fellows/", "published_at": "2017-10-25T18:21:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775d3d7b3c", "title": "ICFP fellow Yixin Sun’s Tor research highlighted", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/icfp-fellow-yixin-suns-tor-research-highlighted/", "published_at": "2017-06-02T00:58:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775e0f04ee", "title": "Information Controls Fellows Reflect on Their ICFP Experience", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/information-controls-fellows-reflect-on-their-icfp-experience/", "published_at": "2017-03-18T15:02:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775e294f10", "title": "OTF Announces New Information Controls Fellows", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/otf-announces-new-information-controls-fellows/", "published_at": "2016-11-08T21:41:00+00:00" }, { "id": "01a0c562-4f0c-7036-87bf-f7775ecbadb2", "title": "Information Controls Fellowship First Round Wrap-Up", "url": "https://www.opentech.fund/news/information-controls-fellowship-first-round-wrap-up/", "published_at": "2016-02-25T15:33:00+00:00" } ] posts Claim your blog

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2026

Open Technology Fund Requests Proposals for Website Redesign Services original ↗

22 Sept 2026

Information Controls Research Program Solicitation: Frequently Asked Questions original ↗

25 Aug 2026

Request for Proposals: Impact & Engagement Lab original ↗

13 Apr 2026

Frequently Asked Questions: Security Lab RFP original ↗

5 Mar 2026

How OTF’s Security Lab Improves Internet Freedom Technologies original ↗

5 Feb 2026

Request for Proposals: Security Lab original ↗

5 Feb 2026

2025

Who Owns, Operates, and Develops Your VPN Matters: An analysis of transparency vs. anonymity in the VPN ecosystem, and implications for users original ↗

2 Sept 2025

The Threat of State-Level Surveillance Using HTTPS Interception original ↗

5 May 2025

How China is Poaching Taiwan’s Semiconductor Industry to Power Its Digital Authoritarianism: A Supply Chain Analysis original ↗

16 Apr 2025

Open Technology Fund Files Lawsuit to Contest Grant Termination and Preserve Critical Mission original ↗

21 Mar 2025

A Silent, Silencing Industry: The Growing Market of Human-Powered Censorship in China original ↗

14 Mar 2025

Meet OTF’s Information Controls Research Program 2024 Cohort original ↗

14 Feb 2025

Questions & Answers from the ICRP Informational Sessions original ↗

31 Jan 2025

2024

China’s New Effort to Achieve Cyber Sovereignty original ↗

12 Nov 2024

Surge and Sustain Fund: Solicitation FAQs original ↗

15 Oct 2024

“Cyberspace Under Threat in the Era of Rising Authoritarianism and Global Competition”original ↗

24 Sept 2024

OTF’s Rapid Response Fund Expands Community Partners original ↗

9 Sept 2024

Impact and Engagement Lab: RFP FAQs original ↗

15 Aug 2024

Strengthening Digital Resilience and Securing Trust Across Southern Africa original ↗

26 Jul 2024

OTF’s Nat Kretchun Testified on “The Great Firewall and the CCP’s Export of its Techno-Authoritarian Surveillance State”original ↗

24 Jul 2024

Request for Proposals: Impact & Engagement Lab original ↗

16 Jul 2024

Mailvelope Upgrades for Webmail Security, Resiliency, and Usability original ↗

24 May 2024

Request for Proposal: OTF’s Undergraduate Research Program original ↗

20 May 2024

Meet OTF’s Information Controls Research Program 2023 Cohort original ↗

16 May 2024

Findings from OTF’s Eighth Class of Information Controls Research Program Researchers original ↗

16 May 2024

Newly Released Tool Enables Ethical Options for Identifying Apps with Poor or Missing Cryptography original ↗

14 May 2024

CryptoSluice: Privacy-Preserving Identification of Apps with Poor Transport Layer Security original ↗

14 May 2024

OTF Increases Funding for Circumvention Tools to Support 46 Million Monthly Users original ↗

18 Apr 2024

Introducing the FOSS Sustainability Fund Pilot Projects original ↗

10 Apr 2024

Messaging Layer Security Protocol: The Next Generation of Secure Messaging Technology original ↗

4 Apr 2024

How to Catch an IMSI Catcher original ↗

23 Feb 2024

User Experience and Discovery Lab: RFP FAQs original ↗

1 Feb 2024

Request for Proposals: User Experience & Discovery Lab original ↗

10 Jan 2024

An Analysis of Essential Latin American Mobile Apps original ↗

9 Jan 2024

2023

Privacy in the WeChat Ecosystem original ↗

30 Nov 2023

Internet Censorship Circumvention Protocols original ↗

29 Nov 2023

Request for Proposal: OTF’s Rapid Response Fund original ↗

28 Nov 2023

The Lack of Linguistic Diversity Online Endangers the Digital Safety of Marginalized Language Communities original ↗

21 Sept 2023

A New App Asks: Would You Click on a Phishing Email?original ↗

14 Sept 2023

How Indigenous Communities in Latin America are Countering Digital Safety Threats & Risks to Their Cultures original ↗

29 Aug 2023

Protesting At-Risk Populations from Surveillance, Censorship and Targeted Attacks: Revisiting BAT Browsers original ↗

29 Aug 2023

How Communities in Africa and Asia are Countering Digital Safety Threats and Risks to Their Languages’ Survival original ↗

21 Aug 2023

Participatory Research to Improve Localization & Adoption of Digital Security Tools original ↗

27 Jul 2023

OTF’s Fiscal Year 2021 Annual Report original ↗

25 Jul 2023

Tella Transforms Reporting From the Field original ↗

19 Jul 2023

Bottlenecked No More original ↗

13 Jun 2023

Making Censorship Reports Accessible for All original ↗

7 Jun 2023

Developing New VPN Experiments to Better Inform Circumvention Tactics original ↗

1 Jun 2023

How Can We Improve the VPN Ecosystem?original ↗

31 May 2023

An Interdisciplinary Exploration of Internet Shutdowns original ↗

25 May 2023

OTF’s Ramy Raoof Awarded 2023 Burke Award from USAGM original ↗

22 Apr 2023

Shutdown Getdown Debrief – Technology and Design original ↗

2 Mar 2023

Shutdown Getodown Debrief – Mitigating and Preparing for Internet Shutdowns original ↗

28 Feb 2023

2023 OTF Summit Recap original ↗

27 Feb 2023

Shutdown Getdown Debrief – Network Measurement & Research original ↗

23 Feb 2023

OTF Debrief – Introducing the Shutdown Getdown original ↗

16 Feb 2023

Surge and Sustain Fund Established to Respond to Growing Demand for Circumvention Tools original ↗

8 Feb 2023

Countering Digital Authoritarianism Will Require Support from Governments and Philanthropists original ↗

2 Feb 2023

OTF & Geographic Focus original ↗

24 Jan 2023

OTF’s Budget for the 2023 Fiscal Year original ↗

18 Jan 2023

Open Technology Fund Announces ‘Free and Open Source Software’ Sustainability Fund original ↗

2 Jan 2023

2022

An Application and Operational Security Assessment of ‘Partisan Telegram’original ↗

17 Oct 2022

Introducing the 2022 Class of Information Controls Research Program (ICRP) Researchers original ↗

12 Oct 2022

China’s National Anti-Fraud Center – Security Assessment original ↗

21 Sept 2022

2020 ICFP Wrap Up original ↗

2 Aug 2022

7ASecurity, OTF Red Team Lab partner, completes Blackbox Pentest and Privacy Audit of LeaveHomeSafe App original ↗

27 Jul 2022

Nation-State Censorship Infrastructures Pose a Risk to the Entire Internet original ↗

19 Jul 2022

Multiple Vantage Point Validation to Secure Domain Validation original ↗

27 Jun 2022

Exposing the Great Firewall’s Dynamic Blocking of Fully Encrypted Traffic original ↗

23 Jun 2022

The Effect of Censorship Circumvention on Information Transmission original ↗

12 May 2022

A Quick Look at QUIC Censorship original ↗

20 Apr 2022

The Evolution of ICFP: From Inception to Impact original ↗

7 Mar 2022

Announcing OTF’S Newest Class of Information Controls Fellows original ↗

2 Feb 2022

2021

Automating Censorship Evasion Strategies to Unlock Closed Societies original ↗

13 Dec 2021

OTF Conducts Security Audit of Hypha original ↗

9 Dec 2021

GFWatch: A Longitudinal Measurement Platform Built to Monitor China’s DNS Censorship at Scale original ↗

4 Nov 2021

2019 ICFP Wrap Up original ↗

21 Jun 2021

Investigative Series on Xinjiang Detention Camps Wins Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting original ↗

17 Jun 2021

2020

Announcing OTF’s Latest Class of Information Controls Fellows original ↗

14 Dec 2020

2018 ICFP Wrap up original ↗

16 Oct 2020

Introducing the Open Technology Fund Authorization Act original ↗

28 Apr 2020

The Silencing Effect of Digital Transnational Repression original ↗

26 Feb 2020

Announcing OTF’s Newest Class of Information Controls Fellows original ↗

29 Jan 2020

2019

A New, Independent OTF original ↗

25 Nov 2019

Studying “Study the Great Nation”original ↗

12 Oct 2019

Examining The Expanding Web of Chinese and Russian Information Controls original ↗

17 Sept 2019

Chinese ‘Police App’ Discreetly Siphons, Insecurely Transmits User Data: Audit original ↗

2 Jul 2019

OTF Announces Laura Cunningham as Principal Director original ↗

5 Jun 2019

Fourth Cohort of Information Controls Fellows in Review original ↗

20 Feb 2019

2018

Introducing OTF’s Newest ICFP Fellows original ↗

31 Dec 2018

App Targeting Uyghur Population Censors Content, Lacks Basic Security original ↗

30 Aug 2018

Request for Partners: Learning Lab original ↗

30 Aug 2018

ICFP Second Round Wrap-Up – Results and Outcomes original ↗

30 Aug 2018

ICFP Third Round Wrap-Up – Results and Outcomes original ↗

10 May 2018

2017

OTF Announces Latest Round of Information Controls Fellows original ↗

25 Oct 2017

ICFP fellow Yixin Sun’s Tor research highlighted original ↗

2 Jun 2017

Information Controls Fellows Reflect on Their ICFP Experience original ↗

18 Mar 2017

2016

OTF Announces New Information Controls Fellows original ↗

8 Nov 2016

Information Controls Fellowship First Round Wrap-Up original ↗

25 Feb 2016