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A Taiwan-anchored volunteer observatory for networked freedom across the Sinophone Asia-Pacific.

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Why this site exists

We combine OONI network measurements, Tor relay monitoring, and on-the-ground community context, written by people working inside the region. The site covers Mainland China, Hong Kong & Macau, Singapore, Malaysia, Taiwan, and the Sinophone diaspora.

This is not a privacy 101 site. For introductory material on Tor, Tails, OONI, Signal, or general digital safety, well-established English resources include EFF Surveillance Self-Defense, Privacy Guides, and the Tor Project Support Portal. Where we try to add something is the regional context and on-the-ground observation those sites are not set up to produce.

Three ways to use this site

  • Cite our work

    Researchers, journalists, and INGOs looking for regional context on Internet freedom in the Sinophone Asia-Pacific. We run a Tor relay monitoring system across TW / HK / JP / KR (Pulse), an ASN coverage analysis tool over OONI public data, and have published one full Chinese translation of a regional report (InterSecLab Geedge / MESA, 2025). Regulatory explainers (Taiwan PDPA / VASP / whistleblower) are in active drafting.

    Regional observatory

  • Collaborate with us

    Peer organizations, funders, and AP-based contributors who want to work with a Taiwan-based community on regional measurement, advocacy, or documentation. Existing partnerships (Tor Project, OONI, EFF, university hosts) are listed on the About page.

    Community & contact

  • Find a regional guide

    Diaspora, cross-border travelers, and people whose families remain in less open jurisdictions. The first scenario guide is up; more are queued. The regional context is what global English-language privacy sites do not cover.

    Scenarios

What we observe

Our standing varies by jurisdiction. We don't claim equal depth across the region; the section below is honest about where we have direct experience versus where we are following, often through second-hand sources. Conceptual frame: Why networked freedom matters.

Where we work from

  • Taiwan

    The community is in Taipei; this is the only jurisdiction where we have direct, first-hand standing. Personal Data Protection Act 2025, VASP Act 2026, the whistleblower-protection law's technical aspects, and one of the more open Sinophone connectivity environments that we use as a reference baseline. Most regulatory writing on this site is Taiwan-specific.

  • Taiwan's open-source and civic-tech community

    We are part of the local privacy, anti-surveillance, and open-source conversation in Taiwan, and regularly share observations and project work at COSCUP, g0v hackathons, ETHTaipei, and our own Internet Freedom Coffee meetups. This is where contributors with interest in anonymity and privacy tend to find us, and where we report observations back to a peer audience close to the work.

What we follow closely

  • Mainland China

    Followed through public sources, not first-hand observation. The Great Firewall's filtering and DPI patterns, real-name infrastructure on domestic platforms, content-governance cycles, and the technical export of these systems abroad (the 2025 InterSecLab Geedge / MESA leak is the one report we have translated in full to Chinese).

  • Hong Kong & Macau

    Followed through public sources and contacts in the diaspora. Post-2020 National Security Law civic-space contraction, expansion of iAMSmart electronic identity and integration with HKID, and the cross-strait device-search environment.

What we keep an eye on

  • Singapore

    Lower-priority on the site so far. POFMA, the 2022 Section 377A repeal alongside marriage-definition lock-in, and Singpass as a deeply-integrated real-name layer are the threads we monitor when relevant to a scenario.

  • Malaysia

    Lower-priority on the site so far. Federal Section 377 plus state-level Islamic enforcement (JAIS raids), and reports of dating-app data entering enforcement chains, are the threads we monitor when relevant to a scenario.

Cutting across the above

  • The diaspora & cross-border

    Families and identities that move between the jurisdictions above. Cross-border travel device preparation, return-trip risk, and the metadata of Sinophone family-group chats. Often the most relevant layer for English-preferring readers.

Who we write for

  • International rights organizations

    Rights advocacy, anti-surveillance, and anti-censorship organizations covering the Asia-Pacific that may use this site for regional context and citable observations. Documented partners are listed on the About page.

  • Journalists & academic researchers

    Reporters and researchers covering Internet freedom, surveillance, and platform regulation in the Asia-Pacific who need regional context that complements the upstream English literature.

  • The English-preferring Sinophone diaspora

    People with family or networks in the region who read English more comfortably than Chinese, particularly post-NSL diaspora, students abroad, and second-generation readers.

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