During my undergraduate and post-undergrad research days, I participated in the OpenNet Initiative (ONI) as well as the Psiphon Project supported by the University of Toronto.
In brief, ONI is a joint project whose goal is to monitor and report on internet filtering and surveillance practices by nations. It was immediately obvious for certain countries where filtering/surveillance practices were more nefarious. Those countries became candidates for the Psiphon Project.
Link: http://opennet.net/about-oni
Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenNetPsiphon is a censorship circumvention solution that allows users to access blocked web pages in countries where the Internet is censored. Psiphon allows a regular home computer to act as a personal, encrypted proxy server that allows the administrator to specify a username and password that is, in turn, given to someone in a country where internet censorship is prevalent so that users in that country will be able to browse the internet in a secure, uncensored manner.
Link:
http://psiphon.civisec.org/Wiki:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PsiphonNews:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6187486.stmPsiphon works to this day. +1 for the good guys.
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