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(2018) And you don't need FOIA or "fact-checking" for this. Just check out the Wikipedia article. Here's the revision as of when this post was published: http
by geofft 7y ago
(2018)
And you don't need FOIA or "fact-checking" for this. Just check out the Wikipedia article. Here's the revision as of when this post was published:
https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tor_(anonymity_network)&oldid=827581518 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tor_(anonymity_ne...
> The EFF acted as The Tor Project's fiscal sponsor in its early years, and early financial supporters of The Tor Project included the U.S. International Broadcasting Bureau, Internews, Human Rights Watch, the University of Cambridge, Google, and Netherlands-based Stichting NLnet. From this period onward, the majority of funding sources came from the U.S. government.
Clicking the link about the International Broadcasting Bureau shows its affiliation with the various Radio Free organizations, which are a) definitely sponsored by the US government b) definitely in places the US wants "regime change" from, and c) definitely incentivized to be anti-surveillance instead of pro-surveillance.