📢 Do you research #internetfreedom and #digitalrepression? Apply for the @opentechfund.bsky.social ICRP! @huridocs.org formerly hosted ICRP Researcher Tomiwa Ilori. Read more about his research here: www.opentech.fund/fellows/tomi... Apply by 7 September! www.opentech.fund/research-2/i...

Information Controls Research

Interested in researching the technical orchestration of repressive information controls and the methods to combat it?

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@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Information Controls Research Program supports applied research into emerging threats to internet freedom and countering the most repressive digital authoritarianism. Learn more and apply by September 7! buff.ly/Nz3f0Xq

@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Information Controls Research Program supports applied research into emerging threats to internet freedom and countering the most repressive digital authoritarianism. Learn more and apply by September 7! buff.ly/Nz3f0Xq

Rare opportunity: the wonderful nerds at the @opentechfund.bsky.social are hiring three program managers! www.opentech.fund/jobs/working...

Working at OTF

OTF is an independent non-profit corporation dedicated to promoting internet freedom globally to ensure that all people can access information, communicate, and associate freely online without fear of...

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Read @opentechfund.bky.social’s Annual Report to learn more about the emerging authoritarian playbook degrading the free and open internet, and the 40+ projects we supported in 2025 to counter this threat. www.opentech.fund/wp-content/u...

@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner @assuredab.bsky.social recently audited CDR Link’s @opensearch.org integration to ensure it is as safe as possible for users. Learn more: buff.ly/TbHX8qf

📣 1 week left to apply to be a partner with @opentechfund.bsky.social’s Impact & Engagement Lab! We are seeking editorial and design service providers to help advance internet freedom. Learn more and apply by May 15:

Request for Proposals: Impact & Engagement Lab

OTF is soliciting proposals from service providers, organizations, and individuals to provide services to our Impact & Engagement Lab. Apply by 11:59 PM PDT on May 15, 2026.

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Questions about the Request For Proposals for @opentechfund.bsky.social’s Impact & Engagement Lab? Check out the FAQs: buff.ly/NW5SNJh

@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner @assuredab.bsky.social recently audited CDR Link to ensure it is as safe as possible for users. Learn more: buff.ly/lEELHD1

@opentechfund.bsky.social is accepting applications to join our Impact & Engagement Lab until May 15, 2026. Learn more: www.opentech.fund/wp-content/u...

@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner @7asecurity.bsky.social recently audited @throneless.tech's Bitpart to ensure it is as safe as possible for users. Learn more: buff.ly/Zc4HIa8

@opentechfund.bsky.social is accepting proposals from organizations and individuals interested in providing editorial and design support services to advance global internet freedom. Learn more: www.opentech.fund/wp-content/u...

@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner @7asecurity.bsky.social recently audited the dComms platform to ensure it offers users the best possible security. Learn more: buff.ly/D98EZii

@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab partner @atredispartners.bsky.social recently audited Geph VPN to ensure it is as safe as possible for users. Learn more: buff.ly/KLANVO1

@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund is accepting applications. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/LxUbSri

⏳Last call to apply to join @opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab as a partner! We are seeking cybersecurity experts who can strengthen the security of privacy-enhancing and anti-censorship technologies used in authoritarian contexts. Submit your proposal by March 25, 2026: buff.ly/r3TbhS1

Request for Proposals: Security Lab

OTF is soliciting proposals from Information Security professionals and organizations to provide services to our Security Lab. Apply by March 16, 2026.

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Deadline to apply to be a partner with @opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab extended to March 25, 2026! We’re extending the deadline in order to answer questions about the Request for Proposals. Submit questions by March 13 to security_lab@opentech.fund! Learn more: buff.ly/6zVPrgJ

📣 2 weeks left to apply to be a partner with @opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab! The Lab ensures internet freedom tools are secure for users facing authoritarian censorship and surveillance. Learn more about the Lab, access the Request for Proposals, and apply by March 16:

How OTF’s Security Lab Improves Internet Freedom Technologies

The Security Lab strengthens the security of open source internet freedom software by providing security audits, advancing project software security best practices, validating project privacy and…

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Are you a cybersecurity expert that wants to improve the security of privacy-enhancing and censorship circumvention technologies that are used in authoritarian contexts? Apply to join @opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab as a partner by March 16! Learn more:

Request for Proposals: Security Lab

OTF is soliciting proposals from Information Security professionals and organizations to provide services to our Security Lab. Apply by March 16, 2026.

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@opentechfund.bsky.social’s Security Lab ensures internet freedom tools are secure for users facing authoritarian censorship and surveillance. Learn more about the Lab and access the Request for Proposals: buff.ly/umqn5Ix

@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner @assuredab.bsky.social recently audited @engagemedia.org’s Cinemata platform to ensure it’s as safe as possible for users. Learn more: buff.ly/nHUqOfo

@opentechfund.bsky.social is accepting applications to join our Security Lab until March 16, 2026. Learn more: buff.ly/lzCjWZu

@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab ensures internet freedom tools are secure for users facing authoritarian censorship and surveillance. buff.ly/lzCjWZu

@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner @srlabs.bsky.social recently audited LEAP applications to ensure they are as safe as possible for users. Learn more: buff.ly/RFnRCOg

Senator Marsha Blackburn and Representative Michael McCaul in @washtimes.bsky.social: @opentechfund.bsky.social's tools are among the only sources securely providing Iranians with the information they need ... Without these, they would be left in the dark. www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/ja...

Tehran tried to kill the internet, but U.S. legislation helped Iranians stay connected

Three years ago, in the wake of the murder by Iranian “morality police” of 22-year-old Mahsa Amini, the Iranian people flooded the streets to stand in opposition to their authoritarian regime.

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@opentechfund.bsky.social accepts applications on a rolling basis to our Internet Freedom Fund in support of innovative, technology-focused projects that counter authoritarian #censorship and #surveillance. Learn more and apply: buff.ly/QlpJxtw

@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner Radically Open Security recently audited the Tor Browser's migration to Firefox’s Extended Support Release version 140 to ensure the best security possible for users. Learn more and access the full audit report: buff.ly/oGURivd

@opentechfund.bsky.social's Security Lab partner 7ASecurity recently audited @greatfire.org's FreeBrowser to ensure the best security possible for users. Learn more and access the full audit report: buff.ly/1iblh71

ICYMI: Watch @opentechfund.bsky.social President Laura Cunningham speak at a @helsinkicomm.bsky.social event on what Russia’s MAX app means for the Kremlin’s evolving model of information controls. buff.ly/3m04H16

For more information and to stream live, please visit: www.csce.gov/press-releas... (3/3)

BRIEFING—The MAX App: Russia’s Pocket-Sized Approach to Mass Surveillance

Russia is pioneering a novel, low-cost approach to digital censorship and surveillance. In lieu of a centralized system to block unwanted online activity, Moscow is pairing old-school authoritarian ta...

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Panelists Laura Cunningham @opentechfund.bsky.social, @jshermcyber.bsky.social, and Anastasiya Zhyrmont of @accessnow.org will discuss the potential for Russia to export this surveillance paradigm further beyond its borders and strategies to circumvent and counter this approach to repression. (2/3)