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The Tor Project company history timeline

2006

The Tor Project was founded in December 2006 by computer scientists Roger Dingledine, Nick Mathewson and five others.

2014

In October 2014, The Tor Project hired the public relations firm Thomson Communications in order to improve its public image (particularly regarding the terms "Dark Net" and "hidden services") and to educate journalists about the technical aspects of Tor.

2015

Roger Dingledine, who had been acting as interim executive director since May 2015, remained at The Tor Project as a director and board member.

2016

On May 25, 2016 Tor Project employee Jacob Appelbaum stepped down from his position; this was announced on June 2 in a two-line statement by Tor.

2020

In 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Tor project's core team let go of 13 employees, leaving a working staff of 22 people.

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2006
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Roger Dingledine,Nighat Dad,Andrew Lewman,Nick Mathewson
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