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10/16/2026, 10 engagements
The Tor Project
We advance human rights and defend your privacy online through free software and open networks.
We just launched our annual fundraising campaign. This year, we're celebrating our community's commitment. Thanks to your support we can power tools trusted by millions and stand strong against Big Tech. Say yes to privacy by making a donation today!
10/13/2026, 3 engagements
If you're in Rotterdam tomorrow, stop by and get your Onion Services questions answered! :) 🧅
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Noticed a warning when installing Tor Browser for Windows? ⚠️ Our installer’s signing certificate expired. While we renew it, our website will serve version 15.0.20 for Windows users. After installation and on first run, the browser will download the latest version and install it on next launch. This avoids the expired certificate warning. Read about the new release and this temporary change: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-15024/
9/29/2026, 2 engagements
The results are in: Our first crowdfunding round has raised more than $200k for projects working across privacy, censorship circumvention, and secure communications: https://blog.torproject.org/funding-internet-freedom-together/
A big thank you to our matchfunders, Octant,
,
, Logos,
and Community Grants for helping turn individual contributions into ecosystem-wide support. Your participation made it possible for small donations to carry more weight.
Suggested donation for all swag at the Tor booth is reduced today, the last day of
. Grab the t-shirts, badges, stickers, and plushies for less... we might even be taking offers. #Defcon34
How about upgrading your key infrastructure at #DEFCON34? 🔑
The Tor plushie has been our most popular booth item by far, so we expanded the line: meet the brand-new plushie keychain, making its debut at
.
🚨 New app alert! Android app called Snowflake Volunteer for those willing to help people reach the Tor network and circumvent censorship from their mobile devices. It was built open-source by
, an Android app studio from Portugal. ❄️👉https://blog.torproject.org/snowflake-volunteer-standalone-app-to-help-people-bypass-censorship/
8/3/2026, 3 engagements
Don't gamble with your privacy. Use these poker chips instead! Exclusively available at our
booth in Vegas. #defcon34
Only 2 weeks until DEF CON (
) We're back with a booth where you can get some brand new custom Tor merch alongside old favorites. Stop by and stock up! #defcon34
🔔 Tor Browser 16.0a9 Alpha is here! https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-160a9/ If you enjoy testing new builds and helping us catch bugs before stable, we'd love your help: https://community.torproject.org/user-research/become-tester/ ⚠️ Alpha is for testing only.
A couple more highlights: 📱 We shrank the Android APK by ~3 MB with a new compression approach to stay under Google Play's size limits. 📉 Tor Browser Android is also down to just one remaining telemetry library (still disabled by default), with plans to remove even that in the future.
🚨🔃 Arti 2.5.0 is out. This release marks Counter Galois Onion as stable, enables Congestion Control by default for improved speed, and includes fixes for two medium-severity DoS security issues. Read the full changelog: https://blog.torproject.org/arti_2_5_0_released/
🟢 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: https://blog.torproject.org/sunsetting-tor-048/
TODAY is your LAST CHANCE to support your favorite projects keeping the internet free: internetfreedom.torproject.org
#FundInternetFreedom
See who's who:
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A tool to reach the tool: https://blog.torproject.org/when-you-need-a-tool-to-reach-the-tool-Paskoocheh/
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& Ricochet Refresh supporting those who speak out: https://blog.torproject.org/supporting-those-who-speak-out/
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fostering accountability & media sovereignty by preserving evidence: https://blog.torproject.org/preserving-evidence-openarchive-fosters-accountability-media-sovereignty/
6/18/2026, 1 engagement
A picture may be worth a thousand words, but only if it survives. Handling mobile media that documents human rights violations can put those brave enough to capture a record—and those very records—at risk.📱
's free open-source Save app and 🌐 DWeb Storage help communities securely 📁 archive, ✅ verify, and 🔒 encrypt this documentation.
#FundInternetFreedom
6/9/2026, 1 engagement
The digital threats faced by defenders of truth and democracy are multiplying. So should the capacity to respond to them. With tools like Ricochet Refresh,
helps people communicate anonymously, protect sensitive information, and continue public-interest work more safely.
Find out all about it: 🌐🛡️💬 https://blog.torproject.org/supporting-those-who-speak-out/
#FundInternetFreedom
We've been working on a new way to fund internet freedom. In partnership with Funding the Commons, we are announcing a new participatory funding campaign designed to support critical digital infrastructure at a moment of systemic funding instability. Find out more here and join us in support! https://blog.torproject.org/fund-internet-freedom/
5/19/2026, 3 engagements
What if internet freedom funding wasn't driven by a few large donors, but by how many people showed up?
Will YOU show up? May 19. #FundInternetFreedom
🚨🔔 Job alert: The Tor Project is hiring a Senior Android Engineer to design, build, and ship privacy-preserving features used by people all over the world. Mentor teammates and shape architectural decisions.
If technical depth + real impact is your thing, we'd love to hear from you.
👉 https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/senior-android-engineer/
PSA: please update Tails with the latest release. It is an emergency release to fix a critical security vulnerability in the Linux kernel, as well as security vulnerabilities in Tor Browser and in the Tor client. https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-7_7_3/
Will you join us? May 19.
#FundInternetFreedom
Arti 2.3.0 released: Logging, Relay, Directory authority, and RPC development.
Internet freedom has declined for 15 consecutive years. Is it time to rethink how it’s funded?
May 19. 💜🧅
#FundInternetFreedom
Tor Project statement in solidarity with #rightscon,
, local organizers, and civil society in Zambia and across the region. https://blog.torproject.org/rightscon2026-statement-Tor-Project/
The circumstances behind the cancellation underscore the urgent fight against censorship, surveillance, and restrictions on civic participation.
Check out our latest guest post by Osservatorio Nessuno (
) who explore how a stateless, diskless operating system can improve #Tor relay security and improve physical attack resistance. https://blog.torproject.org/exploring-stateless-relays/
🔒Want to build privacy tools that protect people worldwide? The Tor Project is hiring a Senior Android Engineer/Mobile Team Lead to own the technical direction of Tor Browser for Android & lead a brand-new mobile team. Deadline to apply: April 10. 👉 torproject.org/about/jobs/senior-mobile-team-lead
For an inside look at "What Digital Isolation and Censorship Evasion Look Like In Wartime Iran" check out an analysis from Tech Policy Press: https://www.techpolicy.press/what-digital-isolation-and-censorship-evasion-look-like-in-wartime-iran/
4/1/2026, 1 engagement
We are grateful to the
community for supporting
with a donation this year. Donations to Tor and many other digital rights organizations are the result of Proton's Lifetime Charity Fundraiser organized by the Proton Foundation. Everyone deserves privacy online. Thanks for helping make that happen! https://proton.me/blog/2025-lifetime-fundraiser-results
3/25/2026, 1 engagement
What does it take to run a Tor relay at a university? This real-world story from National Taiwan Normal University shows how a student made it happen. Read the full experience + lessons learned: https://blog.torproject.org/setting-up-tor-university-relay-taiwan/
The web’s security model has long relied on trusting the server. WEBCAT is an attempt to change that. Please help test it if you can. Your feedback at this early stage of development is extremely valuable. Excited to collaborate on this with
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...and use Orbot to run a ❄️ Snowflake orbot.app/en/
💜 A Heartfelt Thank You to Our Tor Community
Together, we’ve raised $1,200,200 during our end-of-year fundraising campaign. These funds will fuel our ongoing fight for internet freedom. As our Executive Director, Isabela, said:
“We're continuing with a clear vision: make it easier for people to exercise their right to privacy and access to information with tools that keep us connected, and make it harder for powerful adversaries to break that connection.”
https://blog.torproject.org/advancing-digital-rights-in-2026/
Roger Dingledine on why the protection of metadata—who you talk to and where you go online—should be baseline infrastructure. Not a privilege for people power already protects.
2/9/2026, 1 engagement
If you're at FOSDEM (
) this weekend, be sure to stop by our booth at Building K, level 1 and get some stickers. And don't miss the Tor relay operator meetup later today: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/DRMMAB-tor_relay_operator_meetup/
1/31/2026, 3 engagements
Tor's next #relay operator meetup will take place this Sunday, Feb 1st at FOSDEM '26 (
). We have no agenda to make time for your questions and topics. 📆 Find all details here: https://fosdem.org/2026/schedule/event/DRMMAB-tor_relay_operator_meetup/
🇮🇷 Update: Brief returns of internet access are driving spikes in Snowflake usage. Please help us run more proxies if you can. ❄️ snowflake.torproject.org
The easiest ways to run Snowflake is by using Tor Browser, Orbot, or installing the browser add on in your current browser. Extra capacity helps people in Iran stay connected when the network comes back online.
1/26/2026, 1 engagement
For the past three years, we've been working on tools and protocols to monitor the health of the Tor network. 🩺 This work aims to strengthen the Tor network's resilience and resistance to relay attacks. These tools recently underwent a third-party audit, and here are the results! https://blog.torproject.org/code-audit-network-health-tools/
Human rights are upheld by people, communities, and technologies that adapt to a changing world. Here's what that looks like for Tor as we head into the next year. https://blog.torproject.org/advancing-digital-rights-in-2026/
Are you a project management leader passionate about privacy and human rights? 🌍🌐 The Tor Project needs a Team Lead for Project & Grant Management. You'll work across engineering and fundraising to ensure impactful work gets delivered on time. Visit our job listings for full information: https://www.torproject.org/about/jobs/team-lead-for-project-and-grant-management/
What does it take for a distributed community to organize its own gathering from scratch? Earlier this year, a group of Tor folks set out to prove that community-organized meetings can work on a shoestring budget. But why?
https://blog.torproject.org/bringing-tor-community-together/
Community contributions are what power Tor, tune in this Wed, Dec 10 at 1700 UTC for day 2 of our State of the Onion to hear directly from
,
, and more. 📺
🧅 http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/
12/8/2025, 1 engagement
We've hit our $250,000 match goal! 🥳
Huge thanks to everyone who donated and to Privacy is Possible for matching every dollar.
Let's keep this momentum going and free the internet! 🚀
In 2025, Tor faced some of the toughest censorship yet. Thanks to real-time monitoring & community feedback that helped us improve and deploy new tools, Tor kept people connected when it mattered most. Want to help? Run a Snowflake proxy or host a WebTunnel: https://blog.torproject.org/staying-ahead-of-censors-2025/
Today is #GivingTuesday. Donate to the Tor Project to FREE THE INTERNET.
Your donation will:
🚫 Free the internet from censorship 🔍 Free the internet from surveillance 👔 Free the internet from Big Tech
12/2/2025, 1 engagement
Tor is upgrading its relay encryption with a new encryption algorithm called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). Upcoming Arti and Tor releases will both support CGO to prevent attackers from tampering with encrypted traffic, adds forward secrecy, and brings Tor's encryption up to modern standards.
11/24/2025, 1 engagement
After years of blocking Tor users from accessing essential government websites, Mexico has finally reversed course. At least in part.Global Voices (
) breaks down the story on our blog🗞️📰: https://blog.torproject.org/mexican-government-partially-unblocks-tor/
Thanks
We're live in about half an hour 📺💜🧅: on YouTube:
on Tor Browser as an Onion Service: http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/
11/12/2025, 3 engagements
Our annual State of the Onion starts in less than 24 hours, be sure to join our broadcast Nov 12, 1700 UTC on 📺 YouTube:
🧅 or Tor Browser as an Onion Service: http://xgsobitduxv7gcc5qlveigwiku7qcjn5exf4ayusw4mwq7kfrapmrjyd.onion/
Censorship may be a cat-and-mouse game, but our teams are staying ahead. If you want to hear more about our ongoing fight for online freedom, join us for our State of the Onion event on November 12 at 17:00 UTC. 📺
When censorship strikes, Tor provides a lifeline to access information-a lifeline to a FREE INTERNET.
📺🗓️Tune in the 2025 State of the Onion next Wednesday, 12 November, 17:00 UTC to hear about how our teams and community work tirelessly behind the scenes to keep it alive.
Why is now the best time to donate to the Tor Project?
🧅 Your donation is doubled! Our friends at Power Up Privacy have committed to match every donation. That means, for every $1 donated, they will donate an additional $1, up to $250,000.
🧅 Take home our newest t-shirt With a $75 donation you can receive our newest Privacy is Possible t-shirt. With the match gift, your donation will be worth $150.
Donate today!
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-yec2025
11/3/2025, 2 engagements
Finding help with Tor just got easier! 📢 We've unified all user documentation under one roof: https://blog.torproject.org/new-user-support-portal-tor-tails/
This project was a true community effort. Huge shoutout to Sutty (
) for building the component library that makes this (and future Tor sites) possible. 🙌
The portal is live in 10 languages, but we need your help! Join translators worldwide in making Tor documentation accessible to everyone.
🎉 Tor Browser 15.0 is now available! Our first stable release based on Firefox ESR 140, incorporating a year's worth of changes. Download now from the Tor Browser download page: https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-150/
10/28/2025, 4 engagements
SAVE THE DATE
Is the internet today the internet you want for future generations? What if instead of for-profit greed, rampant privacy violations, and pervasive government spying, we could have a different relationship with the internet?
Join us in building a free and open internet – free from the chains of surveillance and censorship! ⛓️💥
https://blog.torproject.org/2025-fundraiser-donations-matched/
10/27/2025, 2 engagements
Governments around the world are demanding backdoors into encrypted data.
🚪What are backdoors?
🔒How do they undermine our right to privacy and security?
🛡️What can you do to protect our right to privacy?
Spend #GlobalEncryptionDay learning the importance of protecting encryption 👇
https://www.internetsociety.org/blog/2025/05/what-is-an-encryption-backdoor/
“Operating as a nonprofit allows us to focus on building the most private tools we can–without ever having to compromise user privacy in order to generate profit for shareholders.”
Read the full interview with
Thank you Common Good Cyber for helping build a stronger internet together.
https://commongoodcyber.org/news/tor-project-interview/
🚨 Double your impact 🚨
Although the modern internet has been corrupted by rampant privacy violations and pervasive government spying, we have the power to FREE THE INTERNET from the chains of censorship and surveillance. ⛓️💥
Donate today to take advantage of our match offered by Power Up Privacy and support a free internet. This means a $25 donation will have a $50 impact.
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-yec2025
🧅 Tor is a building block for a free internet that protects your privacy. As a nonprofit, we rely on donations to power our tools that are trusted by millions. These tools are always free to use, without collecting, selling, trading, or renting any of your data for profit.
Donate today to keep Tor strong and build a better internet for tomorrow. Every donation will be matched by our supporters Power Up Privacy. This means a $25 donation will have a $50 impact.
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-yec2025
10/14/2025, 4 engagements
In Turkmenistan, one of the world's most isolated regimes, internet censorship evolved beyond surveillance & control. The people blocking access to the internet are secretly selling it back, at prices most Turkmens can't afford. This has implications far beyond 1 country: https://blog.torproject.org/Corruption-Control-Turkmenistan-internet-censorship-business/
The future of tech is shaped by what we do today. Here are 4 easy actions to build a better digital future!
🚨 New in Tails 6.18: Support for WebTunnel bridges! This helps users in places like China and Russia connect to the Tor network – even when obfs4 bridges are blocked. 🔗 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tails-6_18/ #Tor #TailsOS #Privacy
Thank you to everyone who participated in our spring campaign! 🙏 #PrivacyIsPossible because of people like you who choose privacy tools over profit-driven platforms that prioritize data collection. Stay tuned for our final raised number! 🥁
💜 Today is the final day of our spring campaign💜
Help strengthen Tor's independence from profit-driven influence. Every contribution, big or small, helps us create a safer, more private internet for all – and we couldn't do it without you!
#PrivacyIsPossible
6/2/2025, 2 engagements
Tor tools empower individuals like Biljana to protect their online identity and shield their personal data from mass-surveillance. 🔐
Click the link below to donate and support the development of essential tools that defend your privacy online. #PrivacyIsPossible
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-sc2025
5/28/2025, 2 engagements
💜 Final Push: Support Privacy 💜
It's the last week of our spring campaign! Help us reach our goal by donating today and powering the development of essential privacy tools.
Your donation will help us: 🧅Protect your privacy 🧅Unblock Tor during censorship events 🧅Ensure Tor's independence from profit
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-sc2025
Happy Families: new certificates for faster and easier relay management. Read about how it works and what you can do to speed up the transition.
5/22/2025, 1 engagement
🌼🪴Spring's renewal inspires hope for a symbiotic future!🪻🐝 Our new #PrivacyIsPossible sticker, inspired by the solarpunk movement, envisions a world where tech & nature can coexist in balance and where people and the planet are prioritized over the individual and profit.
Get yours with a $25 donation & support decentralized privacy tools like the Tor Project.
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-sc2025
You're part of a community that believes #PrivacyIsPossible! 💜
Thanks to you, we're about $15,000 away from reaching our $75,000 goal. 🙌 If you haven't donated yet, make your first donation today and invest in truly private alternative tools. 🧅💻
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-sc2025
5/20/2025, 3 engagements
Introducing oniux: Kernel-level Tor isolation for any Linux app. This torsocks alternative uses namespaces to isolate Linux applications over the Tor network and eliminate data leaks.
https://blog.torproject.org/introducing-oniux-tor-isolation-using-linux-namespaces/
5/14/2025, 3 engagements
👏 Thank you for helping us reach our $15,000 match. We have now raised $31,203 in just two weeks! We're getting closer to our goal, but we still need your support to reach $75,000. If you're a Tor user or supporter who's never donated before, please consider making a contribution today to power truly private tools.
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-sc2025
5/13/2025, 13 engagements
In uncertain times, the Tor community has been a source of hope and resilience. Let's come together and show the world that #PrivacyIsPossible. Join the movement and help keep the Tor network strong. 💜
Join us tomorrow for another #Tor #relay operator meetup: 🟢 May 10 @ 18.00 UTC. ✏️ Check out the agenda and add your topics: https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-next-tor-relay-operator-meetup-saturday-may-10th-1800-utc/18771
“We live in an information society. Our information matters. And therefore, privacy matters. Your privacy is up for grabs and you need to care about it.” ✊💻
#PrivacyIsPossible with
trusted recommendations for essential privacy tools.
https://www.privacyguides.org/videos/2025/04/17/is-privacy-dead/
5/8/2025, 1 engagement
📆It's time for another #Tor #relay operator meetup: Mark your calendars for May 10 @ 18.00 UTC. 🗒️ Find the agenda here and add your topics: https://forum.torproject.org/t/tor-relays-next-tor-relay-operator-meetup-saturday-may-10th-1800-utc/18771
When our privacy is under threat from Big Tech, we do have a choice. Invest in the tools that protect us and each other. Donate to Tor today to keep tools like the 🧅Tor network, Tor Browser, and Tails OS alive. 🧅 #PrivacyIsPossible
🚨Double your impact! Donate today and your gift will be matched 1:1 up to $15,000. Thanks to
and Thomas Roessler,
,
, Sarah Gran, and other Tor contributors.
That means if you donate $25 now, the Friends of Tor will match your gift by donating $25, doubling your impact to a total of $50.
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-sc2025
Are you tired of unreliable information about the Tor Project online? Opt-in to the 🧅 Tor newsletter 🧅 today to stay updated on official news from our team. We will not publish, sell, trade, share, or rent any information about you. Ever. #PrivacyIsPossible
Throughout May, help strengthen Tor's independence from profit-driven influence. 💜 We're aiming to raise $75,000 to keep building the tools that protect your privacy and help millions access the open internet. 😤✊
Every gift made today will be matched 1:1 up to $15,000. That means if you donate $25 now, the Friends of Tor will match your gift by also donating $25, and your impact doubles to $50.
#PrivacyIsPossible
https://torproject.org/donate/donate-md-sc2025
4/28/2025, 1 engagement
🌐 Tor Browser 14.5 is here! Major improvements include: • Connection Assist now on Android • Added Belarusian, Bulgarian & Portuguese • Improved log readability • Better performance when quitting the app Update today! #PrivacyMatters
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-145/
🔔 Tails 6.14.2 is out: This release is an emergency release to fix security vulnerabilities in the Linux kernel and the implementation of the Perl programming language.
New Tor Browser Alpha release is out. If you find a bug or have a suggestion for how we could improve this release, please let us know. 🧅🟣
https://blog.torproject.org/new-alpha-release-tor-browser-145a6/
PSA: 🚨 Update Tor Browsers now!
On March 14, 2025, a Mozilla root certificate used for add-ons verification will expire, potentially disabling extensions like NoScript or breaking features such as the Security Slider on Tor Browser versions older than 13.5.11 legacy.
To avoid issues and security risks, update now to 14.0.7 stable or 13.5.13 legacy. https://blog.torproject.org/old-tor-browsers-breakage/
⏳ Time’s running out! The WebTunnel bridge campaign ends on March 10, 2025, at 23:59 UTC.
Spinning up more bridges means more access for Tor users facing censorship. Join the campaign and get a Tor t-shirt as a thank you!
📖 Learn how to participate: https://blog.torproject.org/call-for-webtunnel-bridges/
Rdsys 1.0 has been released, officially marking the first stable version of Tor's next-generation bridge distribution software. 🌉 https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-rdsys-1-0/
2/24/2025, 1 engagement
"Tor needs many different kinds of users to be safe. The fact that we have military people relying on Tor, and human rights defenders relying on Tor, and everybody in between, is part of why it is safe for all of them. You can’t have an anonymity system only for cancer survivors, or everybody can guess why you’re using it."
🔖 Read the full interview with Roger Dingledine on the CloudFest blog: https://www.cloudfest.com/blog/interview-with-roger-dingledine-co-creator-of-tor-project/
THANK YOU to our community for ensuring people worldwide are able to exercise their right to speak, browse, and search with freedom and privacy. Today we celebrate our combined efforts of raising $816,141.70 this 2024 year-end fundraising campaign. https://blog.torproject.org/celebrating-2024-yec/
💻🔄Tails has replaced balenaEtcher with Rufus in the Windows installation instructions to address privacy concerns. 👉 Learn more about why we made this switch and how it impacts you here: https://tails.net/news/rufus/index.en.html
Join an AMA with Roger Dingledine, Co-Founder of the Tor Project, at the #FOSSASIA Summit 2025 or listen to his talk "Tor: privacy for everyone"
🎫 More info & signup: https://eventyay.com/e/4c0e0c27/session/9549
ICYMI: Last week's release roundup: 🦀 Arti 1.4.0: With this release, Arti's RPC interface is now ready for use replacing C Tor's control port with many improvements.
https://blog.torproject.org/arti_1_4_0_released/
🟣 Tor Browser 14.0.6 fixing a crash issue found on older macOS versions
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-1406/
⛺ Tails 6.12 with important security fixes
🇹🇼 Attending #RightsCon? So are we! 💬 Join us for one of our many sessions:
- Jailed & killed based on metadata: what can privacy-enhancing technologies do better?
- Criminalization of Tor in Ola Bini's case? Lessons for digital experts in the Global South
- Control & corruption: The secret scheme of Internet censorship in Turkmenistan
- "Sudan’s Conflict: The Life-and-Death Impact of Internet Shutdowns"
🗓️ For more info, visit: www.rightscon.org/program/
🚨 Our X (Twitter) account has been compromised. We are working to regain access. Please do not trust or interact with any posts, DMs, or links from our account until further notice. Stay updated here, on our other socials (🦋) and our blog: https://blog.torproject.org/
1/30/2025, 6 engagements