Tech for Palestine (T4P) is a coalition of technologists, digital rights organizations, and advocacy groups who engage with issues related to the Israeli–Palestinian conflict through technology. Activities under this effort include internal organizing by employees in technology companies, public campaigns, and support for Palestinian access to digital tools and infrastructure. Tech for Palestine was founded in January 2024 amidst the Gaza war.
Background Tech for Palestine was founded by a group of over 40 technologists in January 2024. It is run by Paul Biggar, a co-founder of the tech company CircleCI and Darklang. Biggar was dismissed from the board of CircleCl following the blog post where he chastised industry leaders for "actively cheering on genocide". Since Biggar launched the project, Tech for Palestine has grown from a small community of tech workers organized on the social media platform Discord to a nonprofit that employs five full-time Palestinian engineers and supports over 70 projects. Biggar has compared his Tech for Palestine project to the advocacy for African Americans in the Black Lives Matter movement.
Activities Tech for Palestine has created web tools such as GitHub badges and site banners related to calls for a ceasefire and maintains a database of Israeli companies and venture capital firms. One of their projects, "Boycottech", is a website that lists Israeli technology companies in the context of boycott campaigns. Companies on Tech for Palestine's boycott list include Fireblocks, Monday, Wiz, and eToro. Tech for Palestine also collaborates with former tech employees and offers opportunities for workers and students to organize. The group runs the T4P Incubator, which coordinates volunteer involvement and provides organizational support to over 20 tech-related initiatives.
UpScrolled The T4P incubator backs UpScrolled, a social media platform launched in 2025, and as of January 29, 2026, the most downloaded social media application in the Apple App Store. So far the app has surpassed 2.5 million users globally and is billed as an alternative to Meta Platforms and TikTok where shadow banning of users sympathetic to the Palestinian cause is an alleged issue. UpScrolled does not include Israel as an option in its location selection menu. Cities such as Tel Aviv are included under "Occupied Territories of Palestine", and Palestine can also be set as the location. Notable users of the app include political activist Guy Christensen, Drop Site News, and Mondoweiss. According to the Global Network on Extremism & Technology, far-right and extremist content is prevalent on the platform where it is gaining popularity with individuals espousing neo-Nazi views. The Forward has said that hashtags related to conspiracy theories involving the Holocaust and blood libels such as Jews drinking the blood of children are also prevalent, with limited moderation of the social media platform. UpScrolled's policies prohibit threats, glorification of harm or support for terrorist or violent groups. UpScrolled founder Issam Hijazi said harmful content was being uploaded to UpScrolled and the company had expanded its content moderation team and upgraded its technology infrastructure to deal with the issue. In early 2026, the Palestine Chronicle announced that they would be joining UpScrolled based on claims of being censored on TikTok.
Boycat Another project is Boycat, an app and browser extension that helps users identify products and companies that make money from "human rights abuses in Palestine". Boycat also has expanded into developing alternative tools and platforms, including a VPN described by the project's founder as "clean technology", which is built independently of the Israeli tech sector. T4P also serves as an organizational hub, connecting project leaders with volunteers through platforms like Discord and GitHub.
Wikipedia In 2024, Tech for Palestine had a workgroup on editing Wikipedia. According to media reports, these coordination efforts included creating unlisted instructional videos and managing internal lists to monitor relevant articles. The Jewish Journal of Greater Los Angeles reported that an associated team also coordinated editing campaigns on the French Wikipedia. In December 2024, Wikipedia's Arbitration Committee sanctioned three editors connected to the Discord server for off-wiki coordination. While some commentators have accused Tech for Palestine of attempting to introduce a pro-Palestinian bias to the encyclopedia, others have pointed to parallel efforts by the Israeli government to mobilize citizens to write from a pro-Israel perspective.
Other Tech for Palestine board member Amir Nathoo is a major donor to the political action committee American Priorities, an anti-Israel super PAC that was founded to act as a counterweight to AIPAC, a pro-Israel super PAC.
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