June 2026 Tor News [HTML]

Published on 2026-06-11

In this month's newsletter we're highlighting the people, projects, and practical experiments helping keep the internet open, private, and resilient. You'll find stories from the Tor community, including a student's experience setting up a relay on a university network in Taiwan, reflections from a recent community gathering in Denmark, and a new participatory funding campaign designed to support the broader Tor ecosystem at a moment of systemic funding instability.

Setting up a Tor relay at National Taiwan Normal University: a practical experience

A computer science student at National Taiwan Normal University successfully set up a Tor relay on campus by working within institutional processes—communicating with administrators, completing paperwork, and explaining the difference between relays and exit nodes. This guest post from anoni.net shares practical advice for deploying Tor relays on university networks.  Here's how he did it: https://blog.torproject.org/setting-up-tor-university-relay-taiwan/

3 days of fun with Tor

The Tor community organized a second gathering at Hylkedam, Denmark, building on lessons from the first event with minimal planning and a mix of structured and unstructured sessions. Despite a smaller group, new contributors and ongoing projects led to productive collaboration, and we hope to expand future meetings with broader participation and new venues. Let us know if you'd like to participate! Read the recap here: https://blog.torproject.org/tor-community-gathering-2026/

A new way to fund internet freedom

Tor is strongest when the broader internet freedom ecosystem is healthy. A coalition of privacy, internet freedom, cryptocurrency and open-source ecosystems, led by the Tor Project and Funding the Commons, is supporting critical digital infrastructure with a new participatory funding campaign. Find out more here: https://blog.torproject.org/fund-internet-freedom/

A Server That Forgets: Exploring Stateless Relays (Osservatorio Nessuno)

Diskless operating systems can improve relay security with a focus on software integrity and physical attack resistance. This work and guest post is by Osservatorio Nessuno who run exit relays in Italy.

OONI: Defending the public's right to know

Fighting internet censorship requires more than noticing when it happens. It requires documenting it, sharing evidence, and building the collective capacity to respond. OONI makes that possible.

Preserving evidence: How OpenArchive fosters accountability and media sovereignty

Handling mobile media that documents human rights violations can put those brave enough to capture a record -- and those very records -- at risk. OpenArchive's free open source Save app and DWeb Storage help communities securely archive, verify, and encrypt this documentation without depending on centralized platforms that can remove, lose, or expose sensitive data at a moment's notice. Find out how.

Supporting those who speak out (Ricochet Refresh)

The digital threats faced by defenders of truth and democracy are multiplying. So should the capacity to respond to them. Through tools like Ricochet Refresh and cybersecurity training across lower- and middle-income countries, Blueprint for Free Speech helps people communicate anonymously, protect sensitive information, and continue public-interest work more safely.

Paskoocheh: When you need a tool to reach the tool

Access alone is not enough. Technology is only useful if people trust it, understand how to use it safely, and can rely on support networks when digital spaces become unstable or dangerous. ASL19's Paskoocheh helps people in Iran access trusted privacy and circumvention tools when websites and apps, VPNs, and app stores themselves are blocked.

Keeping the doors open (Unredacted)

Anti-censorship tools are only as powerful as their ability to keep running. When the door to the open internet gets slammed shut, Unredacted builds another one. Here's how!

Keeping up with the latest releases

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.15, June 3, 2026

New Release: Tails 7.8.1, June 4, 2026

New Alpha Release: Tor Browser 16.0a7, June 3, 2026

Arti 2.4.0 released: Relay and directory authority development; flowctl-cc stable, June 1, 2026

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