Tor Project to lead Web3 crowdfunding to support internet freedom

Global internet freedom has declined for 15 consecutive years, with more countries restricting access to more of the internet, according to Freedom House.

A coalition of privacy and internet freedom advocates led by the Tor Project has announced a new crypto funding campaign to support censorship-resistant digital infrastructure.

The first-of-its-kind Web3 crowdfunding campaign for internet freedom tools will support 10 nonprofit projects working across privacy, censorship circumvention, secure communications and public-interest digital infrastructure, according to the campaign leaders, Tor Project and Funding the Commons.

The campaign, which kicks off May 19, accepts crypto contributions in Bitcoin (BTC), Ethereum (ETH), Zcash (ZEC), Monero (XMR) and Golem (GLM).

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