Oxylabs’ Project 4β Listed as a Finalist at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards

Gabija Birgile

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2025-10-16

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Oxylabs' Project 4β, a pro bono initiative, offers free access to web intelligence collection infrastructure and expertise, enabling researchers and non-profits to overcome technical barriers in large-scale public web data collection. This program was recognized as a finalist at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards in the Responsible Technology category.

We’re proud to share that Oxylabs’ Project 4β has been selected as a Finalist at the 5th Annual Anthem Awards. Our pro bono initiative was recognized in the Team & Internal Initiatives category, under the Responsible Technology cause area.

Celebrating Work That Moves the World

Launched in 2021 by The Webby Awards, the Anthem Awards honors the purpose & mission-driven work of people, companies and organizations worldwide. The Anthem Awards honors work across seven core causes: Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Belonging; Education, Art & Culture; Health; Human & Civil Rights; Humanitarian Action & Services; Responsible Technology; and Sustainability, Environment & Climate. By amplifying the voices that spark global change, it sets a new benchmark for impactful work that inspires action worldwide.

Anthem Winners are selected by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences. Judges for the 5th Annual Anthem Awards include an esteemed panel of leaders from leading organizations and companies dedicated to social impact, including Nancy Brown, CEO, American Heart Association, Heather Malenshek, CMO, Land O’Lakes, Inc., Kim Getty, CEO, Deutsch, Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Award-Winning Actor & LGBTQ+ Advocate, Belén Frau, Global Communications Manager, IKEA, Linda Roth, Chief Communications Officer, World Central Kitchen, C.D. Glin, Global Head of Social Impact, PepsiCo, and many others.

This hasn’t been an easy year for the impact sector, but the Anthem Awards community has once again stepped up to provide hope and change lives no matter the circumstances. This year’s Finalists are an exemplary group of changemakers that we are excited to uplift and celebrate over the next 16 days.

Patricia McLoughlin, Anthem Awards General Manager

About 4β

Access to public web data lets researchers, journalists, and civic organizations monitor trends at scale and get critical insights. Yet large-scale collection is complex and resource-intensive – from anti-bot systems to geo-restrictions and constantly shifting site structures.

Project 4β was created to remove those barriers. It’s Oxylabs’ pro bono program that gives academia, researchers, journalists, NGOs, and nonprofits free access to our cutting-edge web intelligence collection infrastructure and expertise. 4β turns complex public web data collection into a practical capability for mission-driven partners, enhancing academic work, research, and investigative reporting worldwide.

We’re proud to support organizations that defend democracy and expose wrongdoing, including Bellingcat, Global Witness, The Pulitzer Center, Debunk.org, and Doublethink Lab, and to collaborate with researchers from world-renowned institutions such as Stanford University, Northwestern University, and the University of Edinburgh.

We’re grateful to the Anthem Awards for recognizing Project 4β as a finalist – recognition that underscores a simple truth: big data should serve big goals. We’re committed to ethical innovation that makes world-class web intelligence collection solutions accessible to those advancing research, accountability, and social impact, and we’re grateful to our partners who turn that into real results.

Julius Černiauskas, CEO of Oxylabs

Cast Your Vote

As a Finalist, Oxylabs’ Project 4β is eligible for the Anthem Community Voice Award, where the public decides the honor – and here your support can make all the difference. While IADAS judges select Gold, Silver, and Bronze Anthem Winners, Community Voice honors are decided entirely by public support.

Cast your support at celebrate.anthemawards.com - voting is open until October 30. Winners will be announced on November 18, 2025.

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About the author

Gabija Birgile

Senior PR Manager

Gabija Birgile is a Senior PR Manager at Oxylabs. After working in a PR agency and juggling various projects for quite some time, she wanted to try a role in the tech industry. Making a positive impact with her work was always on top of her mind, so managing "Project 4β" pro bono partnerships now definitely does the job. If you have a project in mind, drop her a message at 4beta@oxylabs.io.

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