Open Technology Fund

The fight for internet freedom is no longer a tactical cat-and-mouse game—it’s a normative battle to define the future of free expression. Learn why in @OpenTechFund’s Annual Report detailing 60+ projects we supported to preserve a free & open internet. ow.ly/ef6s50Sx4nz

Questions about the Request For Proposals for @OpenTechFund’s Impact & Engagement Lab? Check out the FAQs: ow.ly/BVFz50YSClI

.@OpenTechFund’s Security Lab partner @AssuredAB recently audited @cdr_tweets’ CDR Link to ensure it is as safe as possible for users. Learn more: ow.ly/z3YX50YRlS5

.@OpenTechFund is accepting applications to join our Impact & Engagement Lab until May 15, 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/xtUx50YJZ9z

.@OpenTechFund’s Security Lab partner @7aSecurity recently audited @thronelesstech’s Bitpart to ensure it is as safe as possible for users. Learn more: opentech.fund/security-safet…

.@OpenTechFund is accepting proposals from organizations and individuals interested in providing editorial and design support services to advance global internet freedom. Learn more: ow.ly/x7GE50YIeFh

.@OpenTechFund’s Security Lab partner @7aSecurity recently audited @eQualitie’s dComms platform to ensure it offers users the best possible security. Learn more: ow.ly/apPN50YzXWP

.@OpenTechFund’s Security Lab partner @Atredis recently audited @GephOfficial to ensure it is as safe as possible for users. Learn more: ow.ly/Uo4l50YzTqa

.@OpenTechFund’s Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) Sustainability Fund is accepting applications. Learn more and apply: ow.ly/zHxk50Yz9My

⏳Last call to apply to join @OpenTechFund’s Security Lab as a partner! We are seeking cybersecurity experts interested in strengthening the security of internet freedom technologies used in authoritarian contexts. Submit your proposal by March 25: ow.ly/Oo1R50YeA5F

Deadline to apply to be a partner with @OpenTechFund’s Security Lab extended to March 25! 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! ow.ly/tHuM50YrOpJ

📣2 weeks left to apply to be a partner with @OpenTechFund’s Security Lab! The Lab ensures internet freedom tools are secure for users facing authoritarian censorship and surveillance. Learn more and apply by March 16: ow.ly/Y5rK50YezOT

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’s Security Lab as a partner by March 16! Learn more: ow.ly/WmWy50Yezzh

.@OpenTechFund’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: ow.ly/6CYv50YexUs

Laura Cunningham from @OpenTechFund explains how Russia's digital surveillance could reengineer how citizens engage with independent media: youtube.com/watch?v=-5kwMG…

.@OpenTechFund's Security Lab partner @AssuredAB recently audited @EngageMedia's Cinemata platform to ensure it’s as safe as possible for users. Learn more: ow.ly/9smG50Yeq99

.@OpenTechFund is accepting applications to join our Security Lab until March 16, 2026. Learn more: ow.ly/TanR50YbTlE

.@OpenTechFund’s Security Lab ensures internet freedom tools are secure for users facing authoritarian censorship and surveillance. ow.ly/v6BS50Y9sBj

.@OpenTechFund's Security Lab partner @SecReLabs recently audited @leapcode's applications to ensure they are as safe as possible for users. Learn more: ow.ly/bLuF50Y8qKM

"Now is not the time to constrain President Trump’s ability to get crucial information to the Iranian people. As the administration reorients U.S. global broadcasting to ensure it serves America’s interests first, we are hopeful that the U.S. Agency for Global Media will fully use the Open Technology Fund and its suite of capabilities." Read more from the op-ed I penned with @MarshaBlackburn on the importance of internet freedom amid protests in Iran: washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/…

.@MarshaBlackburn and @RepMcCaul in @WashTimes: Amid the shutdown, @OpenTechFund-supported tools are among the only sources securely providing Iranians with the information they need ... Without these, Iranian citizens would be left in the dark. washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/…