title: Global Internet Freedom Consortium
text: # Global Internet Freedom Consortium
  
  The Global Internet Freedom Consortium is a consortium of organizations that develop and deploy anti-censorship technologies for use by Internet users in countries whose governments restrict Web-based information access. The organization was reportedly begun in 2001 by Chinese-born scientists living in the United States reacting against Chinese government oppression of the Falun Gong.
  
  ## Products
  
  The main products are Freegate and Ultrasurf.
  
  ## Funding
  
  The organization states that the majority of its funding comes from its members. In May 2010, the group was offered a $1.5 million (USD) grant from the United States Department of State. This move received criticism from representatives of the Chinese government.
  
  