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2025/04 Project Status and Updates

2025/04 Project Status and Updates

Long time no see. April was a very busy period, and the OCF/OONI-Research project progressed a bit slowly. We translated an update released by OONI: Launch: New OONI Explorer thematic censorship pages. Additionally, our translation of the "Tor University Challenge" for eff.org has been completed and successfully updated on their website. However, we currently lack the energy to promote this program, so perhaps we can brainstorm on how to push it forward.

EFF, Tor University

Most importantly, we have started preparing for the "Anonymous Network Workshop" scheduled for 2025/08!

Recruiting Staff and Training Helpers for the "Anonymous Network Workshop"

We plan to host the "Anonymous Network Workshop" at this year's COSCUP 2025 conference, continuing from the workshop held before RightsCon. This time, we will focus on translating and localizing the teaching materials and conduct the sessions in Mandarin. Before the event in 2025/08, we will provide training for helpers on Tor/Tails, and OONI, enabling them to lead participants more effectively on the day of the workshop to understand the importance of anonymous networks and internet freedom.

Over the next three months, we also need event planning staff to assist with coordination, promotion, registration, notifications, and other event-related tasks. We welcome shy newcomers to join us in organizing the event and gradually get to know us and the issues of anonymous networks and internet freedom.

We have set up an event page for the workshop, where the preparation tasks, schedule, and future registration will be presented. This workshop primarily targets participants from news media, independent journalists, civic groups, and the tech community. It aims to provide them with reference tools or solutions when facing severe issues related to internet freedom in their daily work.

We also hope to enhance the knowledge of those interested in Tor/Tails and OONI through this workshop! We designed a skill grading chart, and our future training hopes to elevate everyone to Basic Level 3!

Learn about the details!

If you're interested in preparing for the workshop and training helpers, feel free to reply to me directly. The recruitment information for the workshop is also simultaneously announced by the Open Culture Foundation's volunteer recruitment.

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Recruiting Staff and Training Helpers for the "Anonymous Network Workshop"

Anonymous Network Workshop Tor, Tails, OONI

This year, we have applied for a track at COSCUP and secured an opportunity to host a workshop. We are now starting to recruit event preparation staff and training course helpers. If you are interested in topics like internet freedom, internet censorship, internet surveillance, anonymous networks, etc., and willing to dedicate some time over the next three months (until 2025/08) to help us prepare and organize this workshop, please refer to the instructions on the event page for more details!

The format of the workshop will follow the style of the workshop hosted by the Tor and OONI teams in 2025/02, with the only difference being localized adjustments and conducted in Chinese.

Tasks

  • Event Preparation Staff

    Assist with event registration, notifications, promotion, and venue setup on the day of the event.

  • Workshop Helper

    Need to understand the basic knowledge of Tor, Tails, and OONI. Assist participants during the workshop by answering questions, providing operational guidance, and helping prepare workshop course materials.

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2025/03 Project Status and Updates

Time flies, and March is almost over! The first quarter of 2025 is also coming to an end. Let's review the current progress and some achievements of the project. In this update, we will mention the follow-up plans after the workshop, the OONI team's release of the implementation concept of 'anonymous credentials,' the current translation achievements of the project, and the establishment of the Tor Relays observation station!

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Review: Internet Freedom Workshop: Tor、Tails、OONI

The Tor/Tails and OONI workshops successfully concluded on the afternoon and evening of February 23, 2025. Whether you participated in the entire event or not, we sincerely thank all the partners, volunteers, and the Tor and OONI teams for their involvement! To review the day's events, we have prepared a brief summary and the event presentation for your reference.

Event Agenda:

  1. Workshop 14:00 – 17:30 Circumventing censorship and navigating anonymously with Tor
    • Raya, Education Coordinator @ The Tor Project
    • Gus, Community Team Lead @ The Tor Project
  2. Workshop 18:00 – 19:00 Detecting and Measuring Internet Censorship with OONI
    • Elizaveta Yachmeneva, Research & Community Coordinator @ OONI
    • Maria Xynou, Director of Strategic Engagement @ OONI
  3. Lecture 19:30 – 21:00 Tor: Defending your online privacy in a surveillance world
    • Roger Dingledine, Co-founder of The Tor Project
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Internet Freedom Workshop: Tor、Tails、OONI

The event has successfully concluded. You can refer to this event recap for related topic discussions and presentations.

Pre-event - Tor, Tails, OONI

We are thrilled to invite you to a full-day event dedicated to online privacy, censorship circumvention, and censorship monitoring, hosted in partnership with Open Culture Foundation, the Open Observatory of Network Interference (OONI), and The Tor Project on February 23rd, 2025, in Taipei, Taiwan.

This free pre-event will feature hands-on workshops and a public keynote by Roger Dingledine, co-founder of The Tor Project.

Thie event will feature:

  • Two hands-on workshops for journalists, activists, and human rights defenders focused on digital security and censorship resistance.
  • A public keynote by Roger Dingledine, co-founder of The Tor Project, on defending online privacy in an era of mass surveillance.

Register for Event

Please register for the sessions you wish to attend by selecting the appropriate type of ticket. Due to venue limitations, some sessions have a cap on the number of participants, so please register early. The exact location of the event will be announced separately closer to the date.

Recruiting Volunteers

We are currently recruiting on-site volunteers for the event and expect to need help from 10 volunteers. If you're available on the day (even if you can't participate the entire time), please register at OCF Volunteer. We plan to begin assigning tasks soon. Thank you!

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Project Relaunch 2025

Hello everyone, OONI-Research is set to reboot in 2025, with three sub-projects currently planned as the focus and goals for our 2025 research. If you are interested in this topic, consider joining us to explore, discuss, and work on issues related to "Internet Freedom".

This document site will also serve as a place for ongoing updates, event announcements, and the publication of research results. We recommend subscribing to the mailing list, as we will use it to send notifications about any new information updates.