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Work · March 6, 2022

Project Shield

Protecting free expression from digital attacks

Project Shield launched on March 6, 2022 with 95 votes, #389 of 3,153 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 4 years on.

What it does

Project Shield, created by Google Cloud and Jigsaw, provides free unlimited protection against DDoS attacks, a type of digital attack used to censor information by taking websites offline. ⠀ Project Shield now supports government and embassy websites.

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