Help Haystack Server Fund c/o Austin Heap

Haystack Server Fund c/o Austin Heap

San Francisco, California

Cause Description:
Haystack is a new, free program to provide unfiltered internet access to the people of Iran. This software package (for Windows, Mac and Unix systems) will specifically target the Iranian government’s web filtering mechanisms. Similar to Freegate, the program directed against China’s “great firewall,” once installed Haystack will provide completely uncensored access to the internet in Iran while simultaneously protecting the user’s identity. No more Facebook blocks, no more government warning pages when you try to load Twitter, just unfiltered Internet.

The network will be supported by donated high-quality servers outside of Iran, and contributions from people like you!

The Khamenei/Ahmadinejad government has been extremely effective at silencing prominent members of the opposition. But the uprising in Iran was not the result of top-down leadership, it was the result of individuals using whatever means they had at their disposal to organize and communicate. We want to continue to support, in whatever way we can, those who started this and will lead it forward: the people.

Type: Employment/Empowerment
Listed on iGive since: July 2009
iGive members supporting: 3

Website: http://www.haystacknetwork.com

Raised through iGive: $53.31 across 2 checks, September 2009 to February 2010.

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