What kills me about this story is that Meta’s public CSAM scanning clearly does not work, if they’re delivering ads for CSAM content. But this failure will be used as evidence that we need to add scanning for private and encrypted messages. www.bbc.com/news/article...
India: Instagram running ads promoting child sexual abuse material, BBC finds
The ads use terms including “rape” and “child video” and link to content on the messaging app Telegram.
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Spyware should not exist. It's outrageous that Members of the European Parliament are hacked with the same spyware they are supposed to oversee.
CCC@ccc.de · last mo.Ultimate irony of Europe’s spyware crisis: MEP on the very committee tasked with investigating #Pegasus gets hacked by it www.theguardian.com/world/2026/j... #Staatstrojaner
Time to talk about Turkmenistan, one of the world’s most repressive and closed countries. Independent journalists, bloggers, lawyers, and civic activists who speak truth to power are routinely imprisoned, silenced, harassed, or forced into exile in retaliation for their activism. New feature⤵️
Lives Destroyed for Speaking Out: Turkmen Activists at Home and in Exile
Turkmenistan is one of the world’s most repressive and closed countries. Independent journalists, bloggers, lawyers, and civic activists who speak truth to power are routinely imprisoned, silenced, ha...
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🟢 Tor 0.4.8 has reached End of Life. If you run a relay, maintain an Onion Service, or bundle C-Tor in an app, please upgrade to Tor 0.4.9 by September 1, 2026.🧅🌐 Read more: blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-t...
Sunsetting Tor 0.4.8 – Please update to 0.4.9 by September | Tor Project
We want to sunset Tor 0.4.8. Please update before September.
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📢 Only 15 hours left to support OONI in the internet freedom quadratic funding campaign: internetfreedom.torproject.org/projects/ooni/ 🐙✨ Every contribution helps. Even small donations can have an outsized impact. Thank you for your support 🙏❤️ #FundInternetFreedom #ooni
The transition to Post-Quantum Cryptography in the #Tor network’s #TLS layer is making progress! 😎 We are now at 44.57% of relays supporting the X25519MLKEM768 hybrid handshake. This number is up from 34.65% in March earlier this year. #cryptography #postquantumcryptography #pqc
Many years ago, I was present at the inception "origin story" moment of OONI. It has more than lived up to all the expectations that were had, not because of some breakthrough techh, but because of the diligence, thoroughness, and deep collaborative nature of their community.
@web3privacy.info · 2mo agoFreedom is strongest when it's supported by you. @agrabeli6.bsky.social x Director of Strategic Engagement in @ooni.org on why internet censorship monitoring funding matters. Donate to @torproject.org ecosystem now: internetfreedom.torproject.org/projects/ooni/ internetfreedom.torproject.org
The ongoing Internet shutdown in Pakistan's Azad Jammu and Kashmir is nearing 2-week duration. The shutdown was put into place after protests related to electoral representation for Pakistan-administered Kashmir. Follow connectivity in near realtime […] [Original post on mastodon.social]
Last day to support 10 awesome Internet Freedom projects through cryptocurrencies donations and matching! Do you part. ❤️ @torproject.org #FundInternetFreedom
TODAY is your LAST CHANCE to support your favorite projects keeping the internet free: internetfreedom.torproject.org #FundInternetFreedom @cakewallet.com @octant.bsky.social @z.cash
Home. Tor × FTC Quadratic Funding
Fund the tools that keep the internet free. Every donation is matched and helps decide how the pool splits across 10 internet freedom projects.
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🔍 The @opensearch.org Software Foundation & @linuxfoundation.org are partnering on a community survey to shape the future of #OpenSearch. Your input matters — take 5 minutes to share your feedback! 🙌 👉 www.research.net/r/GTH6CYP #OpenSearchAmbassador #OpenSource #LinuxFoundation
A new radical way to #FundInternetFreedom. That’s what the new campaign by @torproject.org and Funding the Commons is all about. Even a small contribution can make a huge impact. Be part of it: blog.torproject.org/fund-interne...
A new way to fund internet freedom | Tor Project
Tor is strongest when the broader internet freedom ecosystem is healthy. A coalition of privacy, internet freedom, cryptocurrency and open-source ecosystems, led by the Tor Project and Funding the Com...
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Você está testemunhando más práticas, abusos de poder e decisões controversas em empresas de tecnologia? Essas práticas estão afetando muitas pessoas e te deixando angustiado? Entendemos que falar sobre esses problemas pode ser arriscado. Por isso criamos a #VAZABIGTECH
Hoje na CryptoRave (09/05/2026 - 13:00, Ada Lovelace)! Como (e por que) criar um canal de whistleblowing seguro para responsabilizar big techs #cryptorave Com Tatiana Dias e Daniela da Silva @ctrlz-org.bsky.social (ctrlz.org.br)! cpa.cryptorave.org/cryptorave-2...
A partir de hoje, a Meta vai ler as nossas DMs no Instagram. E não é verdade que é para proteger crianças. A mudança faz parte de um gaslighting institucional, em que a empresa mente para todos nós enquanto deixa seus produtos cada vez piores. newsletter.ctrlz.org.br/p/a-meta-nao...
A Meta não se importa com a sua privacidade
E muito menos com a proteção de crianças.
newsletter.ctrlz.org.br
In January, a phishing message arrived on my Signal account, supposedly from "Signal Support." I was able to turned the tables on the attackers and get a unique view of the wide-scale campaign by the attacker's targeting journalists and politicians I was target #13,730 in their database.
Spoke to Wired Greece about Predator and their new infection vector through online advertisement, Aladdin: wired.com.gr/article/i-an...
Η ανατομία του Predator - WIRED Greece
Η υπόθεση του Predator ήρθε ξανά στο προσκήνιο με την απόρριψη αιτήματος για ανάσυρση της δικογραφίας. Παράλληλα, προκύπτουν νέοι, πιο ύπουλοι τρόποι μόλυνσης.
wired.com.gr
BREAKING: The Chinese government pressured Zambia to screen + exclude Taiwanese speakers attending @rightscon.org, leading to the largest international convention on digital rights being canceled a week before it takes place, the host org @accessnow.org tells WIRED. By @telliotter.bsky.social + me
The Chinese Government Just Got the World’s Largest Digital Rights Conference Canceled
Access Now, the group that organizes RightsCon, says Zambian officials asked it to exclude Taiwanese participants if it wanted the event to proceed as planned.
wired.com
Tor Project statement in solidarity with #RightsCon, @accessnow.org, local organizers, & civil society in Zambia. blog.torproject.org/rightscon202... The circumstances behind the cancellation underscore the urgent fight against censorship, surveillance, and restrictions on civic participation.
Tor Project Statement on the Abrupt Cancellation of RightsCon 2026 | Tor Project
The Tor Project is deeply saddened by the last-minute cancellation of RightsCon 2026. While canceling may have been necessary to protect participants, the circumstances behind it underscore the urgent...
blog.torproject.org
It is with heavy hearts that we share: RightsCon will not proceed in Zambia or online.
Outra plataforma importante de denúncia no Brasil: a #VazaBigTech da @ctrlz-org.bsky.social recebe denúncias sobre as big techs. Você pode utilizar a plataforma com o navegador do @torproject.org para denunciar de forma completamente anônima.
CTRL+Z@ctrlz-org.bsky.social · 3mo agoO objetivo da #VazaBigTech é ajudar a preservar possíveis fontes que revelem informações de interesse público que possam dar origem a investigações jornalísticas sobre abusos, crimes e más práticas dentro das big techs. Acesse: vazabigtech.org
O objetivo da #VazaBigTech é ajudar a preservar possíveis fontes que revelem informações de interesse público que possam dar origem a investigações jornalísticas sobre abusos, crimes e más práticas dentro das big techs. Acesse: vazabigtech.org
Secure whistleblowing platform based on GlobaLeaks free and open-source software.
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🚨 Hoje a notícia é grande: lançamos a #VazaBigTech, a nossa plataforma de denúncias contra big techs. Fruto de uma parceria da CTRL+Z com o Sleeping Giants Brasil, a plataforma usa a tecnologia GlobaLeaks e permite denúncias 100% anônimas. Para isso, ela pode ser acessada pelo Tor +
🚨 @smex.org is running a campaign to help ensure that: 📱 Displaced people in Lebanon have Internet access so that they can stay connected to aid agencies and receive the information and news they need to keep them safe. 📱 Displaced children have access to remote learning.
SecureDrop 2.15.0 is now available, which enables the updated API needed for the upcoming SecureDrop Inbox.
SecureDrop 2.15.0 released
SecureDrop 2.15.0 is now available, which enables the updated API needed for the upcoming SecureDrop Inbox.
securedrop.org
A high-profile Lebanese journalist was targeted with advanced phone hacking in May 2025. The investigation identifies the involvement of BITTER, a known threat actor prominent in South Asia whose operations may now extend into West Asia and North Africa. Full findings: smex.org/smex-may2025/
Rotten Apple: An Invasive Threat Actor Targeting Civil Society in Lebanon - SMEX
Executive Summary The SMEX Digital Forensic Lab presents a report on a spear-phishing campaign that targeted a high profile Lebanese...
smex.org
Check out our latest guest post by @osservatorionessuno.org who explore how a stateless, diskless operating system can improve #Tor #relay security and improve physical attack resistance. blog.torproject.org/exploring-st...
A Server That Forgets: Exploring Stateless Relays | Tor Project
In this post we explore how a stateless, diskless operating system can improve relay security with a focus on software integrity and physical attack resistance. This work and guest post is by Osservatorio Nessuno who run exit relays in Italy.
blog.torproject.org
⚠️Intellexa was allegedly set to be funded in Greece through 🇬🇷state and 🇪🇺European funds before the wiretapping scandal broke, newspaper @tovimagr.bsky.social reports.
Fresh evidence linking the Greek government to #PredatorGate. Today's @tovimagr.bsky.social revelations confirm the long held suspicion that Predator was to be paid from EU funds. Will @ec.europa.eu demand clarifications? (spoiler: it won't). A clear case for the EU Public Prosecutor #EPPO
Vas Panagiotopoulos@vaspanagiotopoulos.com · 4mo ago⚠️Intellexa was allegedly set to be funded in Greece through 🇬🇷state and 🇪🇺European funds before the wiretapping scandal broke, newspaper @tovimagr.bsky.social reports.
