Lantern gives internet access to thousands of Chinese
Posted by: Timothy Weaver on 12/07/2013 05:18 PM
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At least 10,000 users have signed up for a Washington-backed peer-to-peer site designed to push holes through China’s Great Firewall.
A video explaining the service had the following:
“Lantern is a safe and secure free software that gives people internet access in places where access is denied. It’s software that circumvents government censorship. When you install Lantern on your computer you provide a new escape route for getting information in and out of censored countries. You’re giving people a way out; a way to communicate, a way to mobilise(sic).”
Brave New Software president, Adam Fisk, the non-profit company that developed Lantern, was apparently one of the men behind popular P2P platform LimeWire.
The US State Department gave the startup project US$2.2 million (£1.3m) in seed funding.
Why the need? China's Supreme Court recently clarified that popular tweets spreading "online rumours" could land the sender with up to three years in jail.
A video explaining the service had the following:
“Lantern is a safe and secure free software that gives people internet access in places where access is denied. It’s software that circumvents government censorship. When you install Lantern on your computer you provide a new escape route for getting information in and out of censored countries. You’re giving people a way out; a way to communicate, a way to mobilise(sic).”
Brave New Software president, Adam Fisk, the non-profit company that developed Lantern, was apparently one of the men behind popular P2P platform LimeWire.
The US State Department gave the startup project US$2.2 million (£1.3m) in seed funding.
Why the need? China's Supreme Court recently clarified that popular tweets spreading "online rumours" could land the sender with up to three years in jail.
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