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<h2>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE</h2>
<h2><strong>THE TOR PROJECT ANNOUNCES THREE-YEAR DEVELOPMENT ROADMAP</strong></h2>
<p><strong>DEDHAM, MA</strong> - The Tor Project has published its <a
href="/press/presskit/2008-12-19-roadmap-full.pdf">three year
development roadmap</a>, focused on providing anti-censorship tools and
services for the advancement of Internet freedom in closed
societies.</p>
<p>Tor's tools and technologies are already used by hundreds of
thousands of people to protect their activities online. These
users include journalists and human rights workers in politically
rigid countries communicating with whistleblowers and dissidents.
Law enforcement officers on Internet sting operations stay
anonymous with Tor, as do people wanting to post socially
sensitive information in chat rooms, like rape or abuse survivors
and those with illnesses. ·The Tor network also provides
protection for people looking for another layer of privacy from
the millions of websites and ISPs bent on collecting private
information and tracking their moves online.</p>
<p>While Tor's original goal was to provide this important
anonymity, many people around the world use Tor to get around
Internet censorship, as well. ·<a href="http://www.hrw.org/">Human
Rights Watch</a> and <a href="http://globalvoicesonline.org/">Global
Voices Online</a> have both recommended Tor as a tool to circumvent
censorship regimes in oppressive nations. The roadmap is focused
on providing anti-censorship tools and services for the
advancement of Internet freedom in closed societies.</p>
<p>"If your Internet provider can't see what sites you're looking
at, that also means they can't prevent you from reaching sites
they don't want you to see," said Roger Dingledine, Tor Project
Leader. ·"This new roadmap with support from the larger community
will let us make Tor even better at fighting censorship. ·With
three years of funding, we can tackle larger problems than
before, and we can focus on making sure that Tor can grow to
handle all the people who want to use it."</p>
<p>Tor welcomes additional sponsors to join <a