The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1 million Project Grant to Global Partners Digital LIMITED to counter internet fragmentation and enable an open, interoperable, reliable, and secure internet that promotes and protects human rights in the target country. The award period is from September 30, 2022 to September 30, 2024 under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). This program funds...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $700,000 Project Grant to the DT Institute under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The grant will fund a project to increase access to censored content and use advanced end-to-end encryption technologies to enhance the digital safety and privacy of at-risk users and communities in internet repressive countries. The project aims to open...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded Internews Network a $1.4 million project grant under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor (CFDA 19.345) federal grant program. The two-year project aims to empower civil society and journalists in internet repressive environments to protect themselves and effectively advocate against advanced surveillance. The grant will support Internews Network in delivering services and products...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,450,000 two-year Project Grant to the Center For The Cultivation Of Technology Gemeinnuetzige GMBH through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The purpose of this Project Grant award is to increase public access to information censored within China and use data on information preferences to improve civil society outreach strategies in the...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1,000,000 Project Grant to Internews Network through the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) to make critical open source safety tools more stable, secure, and user friendly. The grant, awarded September 30, 2022 and set to be completed by March 31, 2024, will invest in improved sustainability for six tool teams at risk of failure due to lack of...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded a $1 million Project Grant to The Tor Project Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345). The two-year award will support The Tor Project's efforts to promote rapid response to emergent global censorship events to ensure that internet censorship is well documented and rapidly addressed, protecting individuals' access to open information...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor awarded Internews Network $1.5 million under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) through a Cooperative Agreement. The funding will support efforts from September 30, 2022 through September 30, 2024 to strengthen the protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms online. Specifically, Internews Network will work to enable protection providers to more...
The Tor Project Inc. will receive $1.2 million under a Project Grant award from the Department of State Bureau of Democracy Human Rights and Labor. The funding is part of the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor program (CFDA 19.345) and will support ensuring human rights defenders, journalists, activists and other marginalized people have a safe, secure experience on the Tor network. Specifically, the Tor Project will reduce malicious relay activity and improve...
The Department of State Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights and Labor awarded $1.28 million to Rights Action Lab, Inc. under the International Programs to Support Democracy, Human Rights and Labor federal grant program (CFDA 19.345) for the period of September 30, 2022 through September 30, 2024. The project aims to increase the ability of Tibetans and other vulnerable communities to communicate, access information freely, and defend against targeted online attacks. It will provide tools to...
The Department of State Bureau of Near Eastern Affairs awarded a $431,952 cooperative agreement to the Georgia Tech Research Corporation from June 2022 through April 2023 to support the Regional Democracy Program. Under the award, the Georgia Tech Research Corporation will provide services in Iran aligned with the official program objective of the Regional Democracy Program (CFDA 19.221) to support democracy and human rights in the Near East region. Key services may include capacity building,...