[tor-project] Sept & Oct Communications Report

[Stephanie A. Whited]

Hello Tor,

The past 2 months have been focused on our fundraising campaign which
launched last month to a strong start. If you have already shared: thank
you. If not, we'd appreciate your support getting the word out.

In September, we ran a campaign to get people to set up Tor bridges,
resulting in at least 50 set up. 

In October, we signed on to 2 campaigns with organizations in our space:
in support of end to end encryption (with CDT) and ending Amazon's
police partnerships (with Fight for the Future).

We've also been working with the community team on reviewing community
portal content.

Sept and Oct in links and stats:

== SEPTEMBER ==

Blog posts
https://blog.torproject.org/honoring-translators
https://blog.torproject.org/reaching-people-where-they-are
https://blog.torproject.org/join-global-climate-strike-20-27-september
https://blog.torproject.org/tors-bug-smash-fund-86k-raised
https://blog.torproject.org/browser-fingerprinting-introduction-and-challenges-ahead
https://blog.torproject.org/orfox-paved-way-tor-browser-android


Twitter
https://twitter.com/torproject
New followers: 2818
Top tweets:
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1176143525940989953
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1172550909873836032
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1173660084691488769

LinkedIn
https://linkedin.com/company/tor-project/
New followers: 145

Facebook
https://facebook.com/torproject
New followers: 671

Mastodon
https://mastodon.social/@torproject.org
New followers: 240

Instagram
https://instagram.com/torproject
New followers: 487

Newsletter
https://newsletter.torproject.org/archive/2019-10-02-reaching-people-where-they-are/


== OCTOBER ==

Blog posts
https://blog.torproject.org/take-back-internet-us
https://blog.torproject.org/new-release-tor-browser-90
https://blog.torproject.org/new-version-onionshare-makes-it-easy-anyone-publish-anonymous-uncensorable-websites-0
https://blog.torproject.org/were-hiring-shadow-simulation-developer
https://blog.torproject.org/removing-end-life-relays-network

Twitter
New followers: 2985
Top tweets:
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1179751231838928896
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1182646790736285696
https://twitter.com/torproject/status/1189956020472352768

Instagram
New followers: 501

Mastodon
New followers: 320

Facebook
New followers: 1038

LinkedIn
New followers: 189

Newsletter
https://newsletter.torproject.org/archive/2019-10-30-big-changes-to-tor-browser-new-job-opening-events/

Notable Press
https://cdt.org/insight/open-letter-facebooks-end-to-end-encryption-plans/
https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/ne8q3w/36-civil-rights-groups-demand-end-to-amazons-partnerships-with-police
https://www.version2.dk/artikel/tor-projektet-blacklister-135-procent-deres-nuvaerende-servere-1089144
https://www.zdnet.com/article/tor-snowflake-turns-your-browser-into-a-proxy-for-users-in-censored-countries/
https://www.npr.org/2019/10/24/773060596/bbc-launches-tor-mirror-site-to-thwart-media-censorship
https://www.version2.dk/blog/ole-tange-fungerer-torbrowser-primaer-browser-1089142

https://www.cnet.com/features/the-watchdogs-tracking-secret-online-censorship-across-the-globe-ooni/?ftag=COS-05-10aaa0b

-- 
Stephanie A. Whited
Communications Director
The Tor Project
IRC: stephw
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