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10) <h2>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>

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12) <h2><strong>THE TOR PROJECT ANNOUNCES THREE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP</strong></h2>

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14) <p><strong>DEDHAM, MA</strong> - The Tor Project has published its <a
15) href="https://svn.torproject.org/svn/tor/trunk/doc/roadmaps/2008-12-19-roadmap-full.pdf">three year
16) development roadmap</a>, focused on providing anti-censorship tools and
17) services for the advancement of Internet freedom in closed
18) societies.</p>
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20) <p>Tor's tools and technologies are already used by hundreds of 
21) thousands of people to protect their activities online.  These 
22) users include journalists and human rights workers in politically 
23) rigid countries communicating with whistleblowers and dissidents. 
24) Law enforcement officers on Internet sting operations stay 
25) anonymous with Tor, as do people wanting to post socially 
26) sensitive information in chat rooms, like rape or abuse survivors 
27) and those with illnesses.  The Tor network also provides 
28) protection for people looking for another layer of privacy from 
29) the millions of websites and ISPs bent on collecting private 
30) information and tracking their moves online.</p>
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32) <p>While Tor's original goal was to provide this important 
33) anonymity, many people around the world use Tor to get around 
34) Internet censorship, as well.  <a href="http://www.hrw.org/">Human
35) Rights Watch</a> and <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/">Global 
36) Voices Online</a> have both recommended Tor as a tool to circumvent 
37) censorship regimes in oppressive nations. The roadmap is focused 
38) on providing anti-censorship tools and services for the 
39) advancement of Internet freedom in closed societies.</p>
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41) <p>"If your Internet provider can't see what sites you're looking 
42) at, that also means they can't prevent you from reaching sites 
43) they don't want you to see," said Roger Dingledine, Tor Project 
44) Leader.  "This new roadmap with support from the larger community 
45) will let us make Tor even better at fighting censorship.  With 
46) three years of funding, we can tackle larger problems than 
47) before, and we can focus on making sure that Tor can grow to 
48) handle all the people who want to use it."</p>
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50) <p>Tor welcomes additional sponsors to join <a
51) href="https://www.torproject.org/sponsors">current sponsors</a>; 
52) such as the Broadcasting Board of Governors, the NLnet Foundation,
53) and hundreds of individual donors. While existing funders are enough to
54) get the items on the roadmap started, an additional $2.1 million over the
55) next three years will turn the roadmap into usable tools.</p>

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57) <h2>ABOUT THE TOR PROJECT</h2>

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