Open Technology Fund: Difference between revisions

|OrganizationType=Non-profit

|Mission=The Open Technology Fund supports global Internet freedom by advancing technologies that enable citizens to have secure and uncensored access to the Internet. Its mission is to foster the development of open-source tools that promote human rights, free expression, and counter online censorship and surveillance.

|OrganizationExecutive=Executive Director

|Services=Grants for Internet Freedom Projects; Technology Development; Security Audits; Research Fellowships

|HeadquartersAddress=2101 L St NW, Suite 300, Washington, D.C., 20037

}}

The '''Open Technology Fund''' ('''OTF''') is an American nonprofit corporation<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=https://www.opentech.fund/news/a-new-independent-otf/|title=A New, Independent OTF|website=Open Technology Fund|language=en|access-date=2024-08-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200717202610/https://www.opentech.fund/news/new-independent-otf/ |archive-date=2020-07-17}}</ref> that aims to support global [[Internet freedom]] technologies. Its mission is to "support open technologies and communities that increase free expression, circumvent [[censorship]], and obstruct repressive [[surveillance]] as a way to promote [[human rights]] and open societies."<ref name="values-principles">{{cite web|url=https://www.opentech.fund/about/values-principles/|title=Values & Principles|website=Open Technology Fund|access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref> As of November 2019, the Open Technology Fund became an independent nonprofit corporation and a grantee of the [[U.S. Agency for Global Media]].<ref name=":0" /> Until its formation as an independent entity, it had operated as a program of [[Radio Free Asia]].<ref name=":0" />