Project Shield

Project Shield uses Google’s infrastructure to protect independent news sites from distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), a type of digital attack that exploits thousands or even millions of computers to overwhelm a website’s servers and take it offline.
Active
In New York City (NYC / New York, NY)

We've met news organizations around the world who suffer crippling digital attacks when they publish something controversial or that questions powerful institutions. Project Shield uses Google's infrastructure to protect independent news sites from distributed denial of service attacks (DDoS), a type of digital attack that exploits thousands or even millions of computers to overwhelm a website's servers and take it offline.

Parent organization:

Jigsaw

Project Shield
Last modified: Nov 12, 2025 Added: Jun 22, 2021
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