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Project Shield
Protecting free expression from digital attacks
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.
About Project Shield on Product Hunt
“Protecting free expression from digital attacks”
Project Shield launched on Product Hunt on March 6th, 2022 and earned 95 upvotes and 2 comments, placing #7 on the daily leaderboard. 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.
On the analytics side, Project Shield competes within News, Politics and Security — topics that collectively have 43.6k followers on Product Hunt. The dashboard above tracks how Project Shield performed against the three products that launched closest to it on the same day.
Who hunted Project Shield?
Project Shield was hunted by Chris Messina. A “hunter” on Product Hunt is the community member who submits a product to the platform — uploading the images, the link, and tagging the makers behind it. Hunters typically write the first comment explaining why a product is worth attention, and their followers are notified the moment they post. Around 79% of featured launches on Product Hunt are self-hunted by their makers, but a well-known hunter still acts as a signal of quality to the rest of the community. See the full all-time top hunters leaderboard to discover who is shaping the Product Hunt ecosystem.
For a complete overview of Project Shield including community comment highlights and product details, visit the product overview.