Ahead of the 2016 United States elections, Global Citizen launched its “Show Up and Vote” campaign to encourage young Americans to vote. In addition to an online campaign, represented by the hashtag #ShowupVote, Global Citizen hosted a series of events and concerts with high-profile artists.  Psiphon #ShowupVote Promotion During Elections In the week ahead of the election, Psiphon promoted the #ShowupVote campaign to our US audience, showing a selection of images and a brief paragraph explaining the importance of the project.

Psiphon has over a million active users every week. People use our software to get news, information and social media content that they would otherwise not be able to see. We offer apps for Windows and Android devices, mostly distributed through partnerships with news broadcasters and human rights organisations. This year, we’ve made a particularly big impact in Iran, coinciding with their Presidential election. Iran has always been a big challenge for us, and it’s also where we see the most people using our software.