Reflecting on How We Plant and Grow Onions
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We realized Onion Services were not used to their fullest extent, so we launched support initiatives and resources to provide education, information and increase adoption.
We realized Onion Services were not used to their fullest extent, so we launched support initiatives and resources to provide education, information and increase adoption.
We have conducted an assessment of our strategy to make Tor services more broadly available in the Global South to better understand our progress and potential for improvement.
Providing necessary tools for those who need it the most is one of our top priorities. That's why we've added WhatsApp User Support.
We will be hosting another State of the Onion livestream, a compilation of updates from the Tor Project's different teams discussing highlights of their work during the year and what we are excited about in the upcoming year, on November 9th from 17:00 - 19:00 UTC.
We rely on a community of volunteer alpha testers to try out early versions of Tor Browser before their general release. Volunteer to become an alpha tester today.
Tor Project is participating once again in Google Summer of Code in 2022. Starting in June we will have two OONI projects and one project for helping the Tor's network health.
When we started the campaign on November 17, 2021, the Tor network had approximately 1,200 running bridges. The Tor network now has 2470 running bridges, i.e., the number of Tor bridges has almost doubled!
It has become a tradition for me to write a blog post at the end of each year, sharing my vision for the Tor Project for the upcoming year. Before talking about what I see for us in 2022, I want to reflect on 2021 and how this has been a year of resilience for Tor.
Since December 1st, some Internet providers in Russia have started to block access to Tor. We need your help NOW to keep Russians connected to Tor!
Today the Tor Project is launching the Run a Tor Bridge campaign. Participants are invited to contribute and help censored users by running a Tor bridge. You can find more details below, including our special reward kits for participants. The campaign will run from November 17 to January 7, 2022. Join us and help censored users!