The Global Internet Freedom Consortium is a consortium of organizations that develop and deploy anti-censorship technologies for use by Internet users in countries whose governments restrict Web-based information access. The organization was reportedly begun in 2001 by Chinese-born scientists living in the United States reacting against Chinese government oppression of the Falun Gong

Falun Gong

Falun Gong is a spiritual discipline first introduced in China in 1992 by its founder, Li Hongzhi, through public lectures. It combines the practice of meditation and slow-moving qigong exercises with the moral philosophy...

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Funding

The organization states that the majority of its funding comes from its members. In May 2010, the group was offered a $1.5 million (USD) grant from the United States Department of State. This move received criticism from representatives of the Chinese government.

See also

• Human rights in the People's Republic of China
  Human rights in the People's Republic of China
  Human rights in the People's Republic of China are a matter of dispute between the Chinese government, other countries, international NGOs, and dissidents inside the country. Organizations such as the U.S. State Department, Amnesty International, and Human Rights Watch have accused the Chinese...
  
  
• Internet censorship
  Internet censorship
  Internet censorship is the control or suppression of the publishing of, or access to information on the Internet. It may be carried out by governments or by private organizations either at the behest of government or on their own initiative...
  
  
• Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
  Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China
  Internet censorship in the People's Republic of China is conducted under a wide variety of laws and administrative regulations. There are no specific laws or regulations which the censorship follows...
  
  
• Political repression of cyber-dissidents
  Political repression of cyber-dissidents
  Political repression of cyber-dissidents is the oppression or persecution of people for expressing their political views in the Internet.Along with development of the Internet, state authorities in many parts of the world are moving forward to install mass surveillance of the electronic...
  
  

External links

• http://www.internetfreedom.org/