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OTF, which backs Tor, Let's Encrypt and more, sues to save its funding from Trump cuts

ID: 137a4ee1-2c98-5618-8e0a-e24b1cc4f56f

STIX ID: report--137a4ee1-2c98-5618-8e0a-e24b1cc4f56f

Feed Name: The Register (Security)

Date Published: 2025-03-25

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

Author: Thomas Claburn

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The report details how the Open Technology Fund filed a lawsuit in Washington, DC to block the Trump administration and USAGM from canceling its congressionally appropriated funding, warning that the cuts would jeopardize widely used privacy and anti-censorship tools (e.g., Let’s Encrypt, Tor, Messaging Layer Security, and VPNs). An update states that USAGM subsequently rescinded the March 15 grant termination notices following OTF’s legal challenge.

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