-- Al Smith (they/them) Fundraising • Communications The Tor Project On 12/2/20 7:05 PM, Al Smith wrote: > > Hello Tor, > > Next Friday, *Edward Snowden *will host Tor’s third PrivChat > (https://torproject.org/privchat), a fundraising livestream event and > conversation with human rights defenders + real-life Tor users *Alison > Macrina* (Founder, Library Freedom Project), *Berhan Taye *(Africa > Policy Manager and Global Internet Shutdowns Lead, Access Now) and > *Ramy Raoof* (Security Labs Technologist, Amnesty International).  > > *What: *PrivChat | Tor Advancing Human Rights > *When: *Friday, December 11 @ 18:00 UTC / 13:00 Eastern / 10:00 Pacific > *Where: *The Tor Project’s YouTube channel: > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2N3GoewgC8 > * > **// What’s PrivChat? //* > PrivChat is a fundraising event series held to raise donations for the > Tor Project. Through PrivChat, we bring you important information > related to what is happening in tech, human rights, and internet > freedom by convening experts for a chat with our community. > * > **// Tor Advancing Human Rights //* > The Tor Project's main mission is to advance human rights and freedoms > by creating and deploying free and open source anonymity and privacy > technologies. People use our technology, namely the Tor network and > Tor Browser, in diverse ways. Tor is used by whistleblowers who need a > safe way to bring to light information about wrongdoing -- information > that is crucial for society to know -- without sharing their identity. > Tor is used by activists around the world who are fighting against > authoritarian governments and to defend human rights, not only for > their safety and anonymity, but also to circumvent internet censorship > so their voices can be heard. Tor allows millions of people to protect > themselves online, no matter what privilege they have or don't have. > For our third edition of PrivChat, we are bringing you some real-life > Tor users who will share how Tor has been important for them and their > work to defend human rights and freedoms around the world. > > Please spread the word! There’s an easy tweet pinned to the top of our > Twitter page: > https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1334209034392465409?s=20 > > Hope to see you there, > Al > > -- > Al Smith (they/them) > Fundraising • Communications > The Tor Project