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| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Headquarters | Seattle, Washington , USA |
Area served | Worldwide |
| Products | RiseupVPN, Riseup Red |
| Services |
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| ASN | 16652 |
| Website | riseup |
Riseup is a volunteer-run collective providing secure email, email lists, a VPN service, online chat, and other online services. This organization was launched by activists in Seattle with borrowed equipment and a few users in 1999 or 2000, and quickly grew to millions of accounts.[1][2]
As of 2013, Riseup features 6 million subscribers spread across 14,000 lists.[1] Their projects have included the Stop Watching Us campaign against global surveillance disclosures revealed by Edward Snowden.[1]
- ^ a b c Pangburn, DJ (11 September 2013). "Inside the Effort to Crowdfund NSA-Proof Email and Chat Services". Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2015.
- ^ Cohen, Noam (2010-08-15). "In Google-Verizon Deal, Fears for Privacy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on 2019-11-10. Retrieved 2019-11-11.