The Tor Project | Privacy & Freedom Online

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Relevant to discussions of digital rights infrastructure under authoritarian regimes; Tor is a key technical countermeasure to state surveillance and censorship, though it is only tangentially related to core AI safety research.

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Summary

The Tor Project is a nonprofit organization that develops and maintains the Tor anonymity network and browser, enabling private, censorship-resistant internet access. It is widely used by journalists, activists, and citizens in authoritarian regimes to circumvent surveillance and digital repression. Tor provides free, open-source tools that protect users' identities and locations online.

Key Points

•Tor routes internet traffic through a volunteer-operated network of relays to anonymize users' IP addresses and browsing activity.
•Used extensively by human rights defenders, journalists, and dissidents operating under authoritarian or repressive governments.
•Provides free, open-source software including the Tor Browser, making privacy tools accessible globally regardless of technical skill.
•Helps circumvent censorship and surveillance infrastructure deployed by authoritarian states to monitor and suppress opposition.
•Nonprofit model with a mission centered on advancing human rights through privacy and freedom of communication online.

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# Browse Privately.

# Explore Freely.

### Defend yourself against tracking and surveillance. Circumvent censorship.

[Download Tor Browser](https://www.torproject.org/download/)

![Block Trackers](https://www.torproject.org/static/images/home/svg/block-trackers.svg?h=70991bcb)

#### BLOCK TRACKERS

Tor Browser isolates each website you visit so third-party trackers and ads can't follow you. Any cookies automatically clear when you're done browsing. So will your browsing history.

![Defend Against Surveillance](https://www.torproject.org/static/images/home/svg/surveillance.svg?h=688a829c)

#### DEFEND AGAINST SURVEILLANCE

Tor Browser prevents someone watching your connection from knowing what websites you visit. All anyone monitoring your browsing habits can see is that you're using Tor.

![Resist Fingerprinting](https://www.torproject.org/static/images/home/svg/fingerprinting.svg?h=11fc8c97)

#### RESIST FINGERPRINTING

Tor Browser aims to make all users look the same, making it difficult for you to be fingerprinted based on your browser and device information.

![Multi-layered Encryption](https://www.torproject.org/static/images/home/svg/encryption.svg?h=4b28f3dd)

#### MULTI-LAYERED ENCRYPTION

Your traffic is relayed and encrypted three times as it passes over the Tor network. The network is comprised of thousands of volunteer-run servers known as Tor relays.

![Browse Freely](https://www.torproject.org/static/images/home/svg/browse-freely.svg?h=23b7d7d3)

#### BROWSE FREELY

With Tor Browser, you are free to access sites your home network may have blocked.

###### ABOUT US

We believe everyone should be able to explore the internet with privacy.
We are the Tor Project, a 501(c)(3) US nonprofit.
We advance human rights and defend your privacy online through free software and open networks. [Meet our team](https://www.torproject.org/about/people).

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