[liberationtech] Support for the Open Technology Fund

[Robert Guerra]

Niels,

Action should also be targeted to congressional appropriators that have been the ones responsible for allocating the funding that make OTF and funding at the State Department and USAID posible

Their voices, especially the republican senators, are key to protect and preserve the approach that has made it possible for countless organizations and technologies possible .

Regards,

Robert

-- Robert Guerra Email: rguerra at gmail.com
On Jun 21, 2020, 2:13 PM -0400, Niels ten Oever <lists at digitaldissidents.org>, wrote:
> Dear Liberation Tech,
>
> As you might have heard or read, Michael Pack, a Bannon ally, has been appointed as the director of the US Agency for Global Media (USAGM). This body oversees four organizations, namely Middle East Broadcasting, Radio Free Asia, Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty, and the Open Technology Fund. Last Wednesday Pack has fired the heads of all aforementioned bodies, and replaced OTF's independent expert board [0].
>
> The Open Technology Fund has been fundamental in the support of tools and research into privacy, anti-censorship, and decentralization tools. Examples of projects that have been supported by OTF are Signal, Tor, GlobaLeaks, as well as many researchers through the Information Controls Fellowship and other programs.
>
> A number of human rights and digital rights organizations have already put out statements about this:
>
> Citizen Lab: https://citizenlab.ca/2020/06/keep-the-open-technology-fund-open/
> Human Rights Watch: https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/06/19/us-congress-should-back-open-technology-fund
> Article 19: https://www.article19.org/resources/us-protect-open-technology-fund-and-protect-the-open-internet/
> OONI: https://ooni.org/post/2020-06-19-save-internet-freedom-support-the-open-technology-fund/
> CCC: https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2020/support-otf
> IFF: https://internetfreedomfestival.org/save-internet-freedom/
> Access Now: https://www.accessnow.org/otf-global-internet-freedom-at-risk/https://www.ccc.de/en/updates/2020/support-otf
>
> I would like to ask you to support OTF by signing the following statement, either as individual, or with your organization, or perhaps with you research group.
>
> https://saveinternetfreedom.tech/
>
> If you have any questions or would like to get involved in the campaign, feel free to reach out.
>
> Best,
>
> Niels
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