Xeovo contributed to the Tor × Funding the Commons matching pool, supporting projects that build tools for privacy, anti-censorship and journalists.
We are a relatively small VPN provider, but we believe companies working in privacy should give back to the projects/tools that keep the internet open.
Internet freedom has declined for 15 consecutive years. This is not only happening in authoritarian states. Even democratic countries are introducing more surveillance powers, censorship mechanisms, age-verification systems, weakening encryption and laws that can make private communication impossible.
At the same time, censorship and surveillance tools are becoming more sophisticated, while public understanding of digital privacy continues to decline.
We hope our contribution of $10,000 can make a small difference and help these projects continue their work. If you are interested, we encourage you to check out the Tor × Funding the Commons campaign. And if you are able to donate, even a small contribution can help support the tools that keep the internet open.
Xeovo supports other privacy and anti-censorship projects as well. In the future, we plan to publish a public page showing the initiatives we have contributed to.