Press

Statements

• 4 Jul, 2018, Bavarian police raid Zwiebelfreunde
• 16 Feb, 2017, Canary statement
• 6 Jan, 2015, Riseup’s statement regarding recent arrests in Spain
• 2 July, 2014, Riseup joins six other organizations in lawsuit against British intelligence agency GCHQ
• 26 April, 2014, Riseup stands in solidarity with Saravá
• August 2013, Riseup and the recent email provider closures
• April 2012, Server Seizure

Articles about Riseup

2020

• Interview with Riseup tech collective

2019

• DHS and ICE Seek to Issue Subpoena in Asheville, NC

2017

• How to Run a Rogue Government Twitter Account With an Anonymous Email Address and a Burner Phone
• The Syrian Underground Railroad
• 7 Best Encrypted Email Services That You Can Use
• Women Facing Violence in Ecuador Vow to Be ‘Silent No More’
• Angry about the #MuslimBan? Here are 5 things to do
• Riseup belebt den Kanarienvogel wieder
• Riseup moves to encrypted email in response to legal requests
• Riseup confirms it received two FBI warrants and gagging order
• Forcé de coopérer avec le FBI, Riseup chiffre désormais les emails qu'il stocke
• Riseup confirms receipt of FBI warrant and gagging order
• How to protest against Trump in his expanded surveillance state

2016

• Surveillance Self-Defense Against the Trump Administration
• Something Happened to Activist Email Provider Riseup, but It Hasn’t Been Compromised
• Riseup email service sparks concern after warrant canary ‘expires’
• Internet Service Providers You Can Trust
• Report: Impacts of surveillance on contemporary British activism

2014

• ISPs take legal action against GCHQ

2013

• Ars Technica, Europe Won’t Save You, Why Email is Probably Safer in the US

2012

• N+1 Magazine - Leave Your Cellphone at Home

“For email, using Riseup.net is good news. The solutions they offer are integrated with Tor as much as possible. They’re badass.”

• New York Times - How to Muddy Your Tracks on the Internet

“If you do not want the content of your e-mail messages examined or analyzed at all, you may want to consider lesser-known free services like HushMail, RiseUp and Zoho, which promote no-snooping policies.”

Media accounts of the Riseup server seizure:

1. Forbes - FBI Seizes Activists' Anonymizing Server In Probe Of Pittsburgh’s Bomb Threats
2. The Register - FBI seizes Mixmaster servers
3. PC World - FBI Seizes Anonymizing Server in Bomb Threat Probe
4. Information Week - FBI Seizes Anonymizing Email Service Server
5. taz.de (German)
6. techdirt - FBI Seized Anonymizer Server
7. Democracy Now
8. Wired - FBI Uses ‘Sledgehammer’ to Seize E-Mail Server in Search for Bomb Threat Evidence
9. redOrbit - FBI Seizes Server Allegedly Linked To University Bomb Threat
10. PC INpact - Le FBI saisit un serveur hébergeant un service de courriels anonymes (French)