When Ali Karimzadeh Bangi came to Canada in 2005 as a landed immigrant, he never expected to become an “accidental” champion of free expression...[through] founding...ASL19...His mission is to facilitate Internet access for thousands of Iranians, whose access to many sites is blocked...Between 500,000 to 900,000 people in Iran are believed to be using its circumvention tools...[ASL19] has three partners: Citizen Lab; Psiphon Inc., a Toronto-based company and offshoot of Citizen Lab that develops the tools to circumvent Internet censorship; and the Iran Media Program at the University of Pennsylvania.