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<p>Hello Tor,<br>
<br>
The Tor Project's second edition of PrivChat
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://torproject.org/privchat">https://torproject.org/privchat</a>) is taking place next Friday,
August 28, and you're invited.<br>
<br>
PrivChat is a fundraising event series held to raise donations for
the Tor Project. Through PrivChat, we bring you important
information related to what is happening in tech, human rights,
and internet freedom by convening experts for a chat with our
community.<br>
<br>
<b>What: </b>PrivChat | The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of
Censorship Circumvention <br>
<b>When: </b>August 28 @ 1:00pm Eastern, 10:00am Pacific, 17:00
UTC<br>
<b>Where:</b> The Tor Project's YouTube channel
(<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOChyMCZH4">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOOChyMCZH4</a>)<br>
<br>
<b>// The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of Censorship Circumvention
//</b><br>
Every year, internet censorship increases globally. From network
level blocking to nation-wide internet blackouts, governments and
private companies have powerful tools to restrict information and
stop connection between people. Many people, groups, and
organizations are doing innovative work to study, measure, and
fight back against internet censorship--and they are helping
millions of people connect more regularly and safely to the
internet. Despite these successes, we're faced with well-funded
adversaries that have billions of dollars to spend on censorship
mechanisms, and the arms race is ongoing.<br>
<br>
The second edition of PrivChat with Tor will be about the Good,
the Bad and the Ugly that is happening in the front lines of
censorship circumvention. In a world where censorship technology
is increasingly sophisticated and bought and sold between nations,
so is our creativity to measure it and build tools to bypass it,
as well as the willingness of people to fight back. But is it
enough? What are the barriers facing the people and organizations
fighting for internet freedom?<br>
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<p><b>// Host //</b><br>
Cory Doctorow<br>
Electronic Frontier Foundation, MIT<br>
<br>
<b>// </b><b>Participants</b><b> //</b><br>
Felicia Anthonio<br>
Campaigner, #KeepItOn Lead at Access Now<br>
<br>
Vrinda Bhandari<br>
Of Counsel - Litigation, Internet Freedom Foundation<br>
<br>
Cecylia Bocovich<br>
Developer, The Tor Project<br>
<br>
Arturo Filastò<br>
Project Lead & Engineer, OONI<br>
<br>
<b>PrivChat is free to attend.</b> If you get value out of these
events and you like Tor, please consider becoming a monthly donor.
Reliable, predictable support is the best way to ensure Tor
remains strong and stable.<br>
<br>
Our goal with PrivChat is to build a two-way support system. You
will get access to information from leading minds thinking about
and working on privacy, technology, and human rights. And the Tor
Project will be more agile in our development as a result of your
support, allowing us to respond more rapidly to increasing
surveillance and censorship threats (and host more PrivChats)!<br>
<br>
Cheers,<br>
Al<br>
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Al Smith (they/them)
Fundraising • Communications
The Tor Project</pre>
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