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  1. Vance warned us about Europe’s ‘threat from within.’ Poland proved him right

    On Sunday, Sept. 6, roughly 29,000 Poles paid a television station’s government bill. The station is Telewizja Republika,…
    #Europe #EU #Censorship #Freedomofspeech #JDVance #Media #NATO #Poland #statedepartment #Trumpadministration
    europesays.com/europe/135266/

  2. Vance warned us about Europe’s ‘threat from within.’ Poland proved him right

    On Sunday, Sept. 6, roughly 29,000 Poles paid a television station’s government bill. The station is Telewizja Republika,…
    #Poland #Polska #PL #Europe #Europa #EU #Censorship #europe #FreedomofSpeech #JDVance #Media #NATO #StateDepartment #TrumpAdministration
    europesays.com/poland/24867/

  3. A quotation from Abraham Fortas

    Any departure from absolute regimentation may cause trouble. Any variation from the majority’s opinion may inspire fear. Any word spoken, in class, in the lunchroom, or on the campus, that deviates from the view of another person may start an argument or cause a disturbance. But our Constitution says we must take this risk, and our history says that it is this sort of hazardous freedom — this kind of openness — that is the basis of our national strength and of the independence and vigor of Americans who grow up and live in this relatively permissive, often disputatious, society.

    Abraham Fortas (1910–1982) American academic, jurist, lawyer; US Supreme Court Justice (1965–69)
    Tinker v. Des Moines Independent Community School District, 393 U.S. 503, 508 (1969) [majority opinion]

    More about this quote: wist.info/fortas-abe/13226/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #abefortas #America #argument #belief #Constitution #control #debate #disagreement #dissent #disturbance #firstamendment #freespeech #freedom #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #heterodoxy #majority #openness #opinion #popularopinion #SCOTUS #troublemaking #protest

  4. CW: warning: fear based stupidity slurs and h8 cult symbols

    ...event tag:

    no. i didnt violate their #freedomofspeech...i simply corrected their errors of speech.

    ...but yes, we are both #vandals now 😝

  5. A quotation not from Voltaire

    I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

    Voltaire (1694-1778) French writer [pseud. of Francois-Marie Arouet]
    (Spurious)

    More about this misquote: wist.info/voltaire/34462/

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #voltaire #defense #freepress #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #integrity #principle #selfsacrifice

  6. Lest we forget: This so-called Labour regime is the most authoritarian UK government in modern history. They’re not just coming for speech. They’re coming for thought as well!!!

    “The UK Government Has Become a Security Threat to Its Own People”

    by Nouri in Manufactuting Dissent on Substack

    @uk_politics

    “This [UK Labour] government has stopped pretending it serves the British public. It serves foreign interests first, and it expects everyone else to swallow it quietly. The IRGC designation wasn’t about safety. It was about signalling obedience. It was about showing the Israel‑aligned security lobby that Labour will bend whenever told to”

    open.substack.com/pub/mandisse

    #Press #SocialMedia #Journalism #UK #Labour #Mahmood #FreedomOfSpeech #AbuseOfPower #Dictatordhip #Tyrrany #Authoritarianism #Terrorism #TerrorismAct #IRGC #Proscription #Iran #Narrative #Censorship #IsraelLobby #Starmer #NationalSecurityAct

  7. It wouldn't just extinguish competition. It would extinguish freedom of speech.

    Let's not forget that Warner Bros. owns CNN. The owner of Paramount Skydance is a zionist&trumpist piece of 💩 that has openly declared his distain for CNN.

    It will be similar to what Musk has done to Twitter, censoring what's good and allowing what's evil.

    I genuinely hope they win and block this unholy union.

    #WarnerBrosDiscovery #Skydance #Paramount #Zionism #Corruption #US #America #Streaming #DirtyPoliticians #Capitalism #CorporateGreed #EatTheRich #Consolidation #FreedomOfSpeech

    apnews.com/article/paramount-w

  8. Leaked documents reveal the FBI is quietly tracking people who moan about AI on social media - FBI scanning social media for 'anti-tech extremism"

    uniladtech.com/news/ai/fbi-lea

    'Anti-tech Extremism' - NAACP legal team warns these 'suspicious activity reports' are incredibly unreliable and allows officers to inject their own biases

    #AI #DataCenters #AntiTechExtremism #Rights #Constitution #Liberties #FreedomOfSpeech #WarrantlessTracking #Americans #ExerciseRights #Targeted #Government #CyberStalking

  9. The Double-Edged Sword of Digital Freedom: The Risks of Infinito.Nexus with Native Tor Support

    ⚠️ Disclaimer

    This article was generated entirely by artificial intelligence without editorial review.

    To publish this analysis quickly, I deliberately chose to release it without manual editing or fact-checking. The purpose of this article is not to provide a polished technical specification, but to stimulate discussion about the societal, ethical, and security implications of the next generation of Infinito.Nexus with native Tor support.

    Some technical assumptions, predictions, or conclusions may therefore be incomplete, inaccurate, or open to debate. They should be understood as informed analysis rather than verified fact.

    The scenarios described in this article are intended to illustrate both the opportunities and the risks of increasingly accessible privacy-preserving infrastructure. They do not advocate, encourage, or endorse illegal activity. The same technologies that can strengthen digital sovereignty, protect journalists, human rights organizations, researchers, and political opposition operating under censorship can also be misused by malicious actors.

    The goal of this article is to encourage an open discussion about the consequences of making powerful decentralized infrastructure available to a much broader audience. As with encryption, Linux, Git, peer-to-peer networks, and the Internet itself, technological progress creates both new freedoms and new responsibilities.

    Please read this article critically, verify important claims independently, and view it as a starting point for discussion rather than a definitive statement on the future of decentralized infrastructure.

    Technology is neutral.

    Whether it empowers democratic resistance or enables organized crime depends on the people using it.

    With native Tor integration, Infinito.Nexus has the potential to fundamentally change how self-hosted infrastructure is deployed. It could become possible for anyone to create a completely private digital ecosystem with only minimal technical knowledge.

    That prospect is both exciting — and concerning.

    A World Beyond Traditional Surveillance

    Today’s Internet relies heavily on centralized infrastructure.

    Governments can subpoena cloud providers.

    Internet Service Providers can monitor traffic.

    Hosting companies know where servers are located.

    DNS providers can suspend domains.

    Payment providers can freeze accounts.

    Social media platforms can remove communities.

    Tor changes that equation.

    By integrating Tor directly into the infrastructure layer instead of treating it as an optional add-on, organizations could operate entirely within Onion Services.

    No public IP addresses.

    No public DNS.

    No visible server locations.

    No conventional attack surface.

    Infrastructure that was previously easy to discover suddenly becomes practically invisible to anyone outside the Tor network.

    From Old Smartphones to Invisible Infrastructure

    Perhaps the most disruptive consequence of native Tor support is that almost anyone could become an anonymous infrastructure operator.

    Instead of renting a VPS or purchasing expensive server hardware, users could simply take an old smartphone, install a Linux distribution such as Droidian, deploy Infinito.Nexus, and immediately have a functional server reachable exclusively through Tor.

    Modern smartphones already contain everything traditionally required for a small server:

    • multicore ARM processors
    • flash storage
    • Wi-Fi and LTE connectivity
    • extremely low power consumption
    • integrated batteries acting as an Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS)

    Unlike conventional servers, smartphones can continue operating during short power outages without requiring any additional hardware.

    Because all communication occurs through Onion Services, the physical location of the device becomes significantly harder to determine than traditionally hosted infrastructure.

    A server could operate from:

    • an apartment
    • an office
    • a vehicle
    • a backpack
    • a cabin
    • virtually anywhere with Internet access

    Instead of racks in a datacenter, entire organizations could operate from inexpensive commodity hardware.

    Infrastructure that once required thousands of dollars could eventually fit inside a jacket pocket.

    Organization Beyond Censorship

    Perhaps the most transformative consequence of native Tor support is not anonymity itself — it is organization.

    Modern democratic movements require far more than encrypted messaging. They need complete digital infrastructure.

    Imagine a group deploying the following services exclusively as Onion Services:

    • Matrix for encrypted communication
    • Nextcloud for document sharing
    • OpenProject for task management
    • Git for software development
    • Wiki systems for documentation
    • forums for public discussion
    • video conferencing
    • identity management with single sign-on

    Every service is accessible only through Tor.

    There are no public IP addresses.

    There are no publicly reachable domains.

    There is no central cloud provider that can simply terminate the infrastructure.

    For political opposition movements operating under authoritarian governments, this could fundamentally change what is possible.

    In countries such as Russia or Iran, governments have repeatedly attempted to restrict independent media, block communication platforms, and pressure hosting providers into taking services offline. A decentralized infrastructure based on Tor Onion Services makes these traditional forms of censorship considerably more difficult.

    If one server disappears, another can be brought online using the same deployment automation and cryptographic identities.

    Instead of relying on a single datacenter, an organization could distribute its infrastructure across many independently operated devices, including repurposed smartphones running Linux distributions such as Droidian. Every device becomes part of the organization’s digital backbone while remaining reachable only through the Tor network.

    This significantly lowers the barrier to building resilient communication networks for journalists, NGOs, researchers, humanitarian organizations, and democratic opposition movements.

    Building Invisible Organizations

    Imagine an organization deploying:

    • Identity Management
    • Matrix
    • Nextcloud
    • Git
    • Email
    • Video Conferencing
    • Project Management
    • Forums
    • Social Networks
    • AI Infrastructure

    Every service exists exclusively as an Onion Service.

    Employees connect only through Tor.

    No public domains.

    No public IP addresses.

    No externally visible services.

    From the perspective of the public Internet, the organization barely exists.

    A Powerful Tool for Democracy

    For many people around the world, this would be an extraordinary step toward digital sovereignty.

    Political opposition operating under authoritarian governments often faces:

    • Internet censorship
    • mass surveillance
    • infrastructure seizures
    • domain confiscation
    • ISP monitoring
    • targeted cyber attacks

    A hidden smartphone consuming only a few watts of electricity could host secure communications for an activist movement.

    Journalists could publish anonymously.

    NGOs could coordinate without relying on commercial cloud providers.

    Entire communities could communicate through infrastructure that is extremely difficult to discover or disable.

    History repeatedly demonstrates that secure communication is one of the foundations of democratic resistance.

    The Other Side of the Coin

    Unfortunately, technology does not distinguish between good and bad actors.

    The exact same infrastructure could also be deployed by:

    • organized cybercrime
    • ransomware groups
    • illegal marketplaces
    • extremist organizations
    • terrorist networks
    • large-scale fraud operations
    • illegal trafficking

    If deploying anonymous infrastructure becomes as simple as flashing Linux onto an old smartphone and clicking through an installation wizard, the barrier to entry changes dramatically.

    What once required experienced Linux administrators could eventually become accessible to almost anyone.

    A hidden smartphone server could host:

    • a secure school collaboration platform

    or

    • an anonymous criminal marketplace.

    Technically, there may be little difference.

    The software cannot distinguish between them.

    Risks for Democratic Societies

    For democratic societies such as Germany, this presents a difficult challenge.

    Security agencies often rely on information obtained from hosting providers, cloud operators, domain registries, DNS providers, or centralized communication platforms during investigations.

    Infrastructure that exists exclusively as Tor Onion Services reduces the availability of these traditional investigative paths.

    This can make investigations more difficult and more resource-intensive, especially when organizations are technically competent and operate their own infrastructure.

    A terrorist cell, extremist group, or organized criminal network could theoretically operate:

    • private Matrix servers
    • encrypted file storage
    • internal forums
    • planning boards
    • identity systems
    • software repositories
    • anonymous web services

    all without relying on public-facing infrastructure.

    That does not mean such groups become impossible to detect.

    Tor does not make people invisible.

    Law enforcement can still use endpoint forensics, undercover operations, financial investigations, human intelligence, surveillance of physical logistics, and mistakes made by suspects.

    But the balance changes.

    The stronger privacy technologies become, the harder traditional bulk surveillance and provider-based investigations become.

    This is exactly why the same tools that protect dissidents in authoritarian states can also create serious challenges for law enforcement in democratic states.

    The Democratization of Anonymous Infrastructure

    Historically, operating Onion Services required substantial expertise.

    Administrators needed to understand:

    • Linux
    • networking
    • reverse proxies
    • DNS
    • Tor
    • certificates
    • firewalls
    • application integration

    Automation changes everything.

    Eventually, the entire deployment process could become:

    1. Install Droidian on an old smartphone.
    2. Install Infinito.Nexus.
    3. Select the desired applications.
    4. Enable Tor support.
    5. Click Deploy.

    Minutes later, an entire private infrastructure could be online.

    No cloud provider.

    No VPS.

    No static IP.

    No public DNS.

    Infrastructure that previously required experienced system administrators becomes accessible to ordinary users.

    That democratization is both empowering and dangerous.

    Open Source Has Always Faced This Dilemma

    This is not a new ethical problem.

    Encryption protects:

    • journalists
    • dissidents
    • criminals

    VPNs protect:

    • activists
    • ransomware operators

    Git is used to build:

    • medical software
    • malware

    Linux powers:

    • hospitals
    • botnets

    Artificial Intelligence can:

    • accelerate scientific discovery
    • generate phishing campaigns

    Technology itself has no morality.

    People do.

    Infinito.Nexus Is Infrastructure

    Infinito.Nexus is not being developed to create hidden criminal networks.

    Its purpose is to simplify the deployment of sovereign, self-hosted infrastructure.

    Native Tor support simply extends that philosophy.

    The software itself does not decide who uses it.

    The responsibility remains with those who deploy it.

    The Ethical Challenge

    Should powerful privacy technologies be withheld because they could be abused?

    Or should society accept that technologies capable of protecting freedom will inevitably also be exploited by malicious actors?

    There is no perfect answer.

    Throughout history, almost every revolutionary communication technology — from the printing press to encrypted messaging — has been used for both constructive and destructive purposes.

    Tor is no different.

    Neither is Infinito.Nexus.

    Technical Design

    Native Tor support is currently being designed as a core networking feature of Infinito.Nexus.

    Instead of treating Tor as an optional add-on, every deployed application can automatically receive its own Onion Service while remaining fully integrated into the deployment framework.

    The current design proposal is publicly available:

    Native Tor Support Requirements
    https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/infinito-nexus-core/blob/feature/svc-net-tor/docs/requirements/031-svc-net-tor-onion.md

    Related projects:

    Infinito.Nexus Core
    https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/infinito-nexus-core

    Hetzner Arch LUKS
    https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/hetzner-arch-luks

    Linux Image Manager
    https://github.com/kevinveenbirkenbach/linux-image-manager

    These projects together lay the groundwork for a future where deploying fully encrypted, self-hosted, Tor-native infrastructure becomes almost as simple as installing a mobile app.

    Conclusion

    Native Tor support has the potential to fundamentally reshape how self-hosted infrastructure is deployed.

    For the first time, individuals, NGOs, journalists, companies, and political opposition movements could build private digital ecosystems with remarkably little technical expertise.

    At the same time, the same technology could lower the barrier for anonymous criminal infrastructure.

    A discarded smartphone running Linux could become a resilient, battery-backed server hidden almost anywhere.

    That reality is both inspiring and unsettling.

    Like encryption, Linux, Git, VPNs, and the Internet itself, Infinito.Nexus is infrastructure.

    Infrastructure does not decide how it is used.

    People do.

    The challenge for society is therefore not whether such technology should exist, but how we choose to live in a world where powerful privacy tools become accessible to everyone.

    #Activism #AnonymousCommunication #AnonymousHosting #AnonymousInfrastructure #AnonymousServers #CensorshipResistance #CircumventingCensorship #Cybersecurity #Decentralization #DecentralizedInfrastructure #DevOps #DigitalRights #DigitalSovereignty #Droidian #EndToEndEncryption #FreedomOfSpeech #FullDiskEncryption #git #HumanRights #IdentityManagement #InfinitoNexus #InformationSecurity #InfrastructureAsCode #infrastructureAutomation #InternetCensorship #Iran #Journalism #Linux #LinuxServer #LUKS #Matrix #MatrixServer #MobileServer #NetworkSecurity #Nextcloud #NGOs #OnionServices #OpenSource #OpenProject #Privacy #PrivacyTechnology #RemoteUnlock #Russia #SecureCommunication #SecureInfrastructure #SelfHosting #SelfSovereignInfrastructure #SelfHostedInfrastructure #ServerHardening #SingleSignOn #SmartphoneServer #SSHOverTor #Tor #TorHiddenServices #TorHosting #TorNetwork
  10. Das Motto des Internationalen Tages der Pressefreiheit am 3. Mai lautet heuer: „Eine Zukunft in Frieden gestalten: Pressefreiheit für Menschenrechte, Entwicklung und Sicherheit fördern.“

    Während bei der World Press Freedom Day Global Conference am 04. und 05. Mai in Lusaka, Sambia, über diese Themen gesprochen wird, spinne, stricke und häkle ich im Atelier Mitzi für die Pressefreiheit: Mit meiner Handspindel stelle ich aus alten Zeitungen Papiergarn her. Daraus entstehen gehäkelte Körbe und gestrickte Stücke.

    Ein herzliches Danke meiner wundervollen Tochter @hasi für die tollen Fotos!

    unesco.at/kommunikation/presse

    #Pressefreiheit #WorldPressFreedomDay #PressFreedom #peace
    #HumanRights #FreedomOfSpeech #JournalismMatters
    #Upcycling #SustainableArt
    #Artivism #KunstUndPolitik
    #CriticalArt
    #SpeakThroughArt
    #AltpapierUpcyceln #chrochet #spinning #knitting #paperyarn #zeitungsgarnspinnen #AtelierMitzi #wels #upcycelninwels

  11. @inex ❌ In Russia, the classifieds platform Avito has blocked a woman’s account after she used it for messaging during internet outages.

    The service explained that the listing titled “Strict cat for friends” violated its rules because it did not offer a real product or service. The woman created it solely as a chat workaround, since Avito is included in the “whitelisted” resources accessible during shutdowns.

    ℹ️ Residents of St. Petersburg and the Leningrad region have been reporting for the third consecutive day a lack of mobile internet and problems accessing websites and banking services, according to “Current Time.” The “whitelists” have been tested since summer 2025, but even they remain unstable.

    ❤️ Radio Liberty. Subscribe

    #Russia #Avito #InternetShutdown #Censorship #DigitalRights #FreedomOfSpeech #Runet #Whitelist #TechNews #StPetersburg #LeningradRegion #InternetAccess #CyberPolicy #OnlineFreedom #MediaFreedom

  12. A quotation from Henry Commager

    A nation which, in the name of loyalty or of patriotism or of a sincere and high-sounding idea, discourages criticism and dissent, and puts a premium on acquiescence and conformity, is headed for disaster.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #commager #henrycommager #acquiescence #conformity #control #dissent #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #heterodoxy #intolerance #loyalty #orthodoxy #patriotism #security #intellectualfreedom

  13. A quotation from Henry Commager

    We cannot have a society half slave and half free; nor can we have thought half slave and half free. If we create an atmosphere in which men fear to think independently, inquire fearlessly, express themselves freely, we will in the end create the kind of society in which men no longer care to think independently or to inquire fearlessly.

    Henry Steele Commager (1902-1998) American historian, writer, activist
    Essay (1949-11-05), “What Ideas Are Safe?” Saturday Review

    More about this quote: wist.info/commager-henry-steel…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #henrycommager #fear #freeexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #freethinking #independence #inquiry #intellectualfreedom #oppression #questioning #thoughtcontrol

  14. @ncoca Wow, that's some Cambodian IMO dictator Hun Sen next level stuff.

    They privately criticized in an e-mail the regime of IMO Lord Supreme Megadictator and Military Leader, the Mighty Donald Trump, President of the Holy State Empire of America, សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ដូណាល់ ត្រាំ ប្រធានាធិបតី​នៃព្រះរដ្ឋាណាចក្រអាមេរិក​(which is the exact title of Hun Sen, just adapted to Donald Trump)!

    I feel

    e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

    towards the US regime when I am seeing this.

    #trump #hunsen #usa #cambodia #dictator #dictatorship #totalitarianism #freedomofspeech #freespeech #privacy #authoritarianism #abuse #authoritarianabuse #contempt #regime #us

  15. @ncoca Wow, that's some Cambodian IMO dictator Hun Sen next level stuff.

    They privately criticized in an e-mail the regime of IMO Lord Supreme Megadictator and Military Leader, the Mighty Donald Trump, President of the Holy State Empire of America, សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ដូណាល់ ត្រាំ ប្រធានាធិបតី​នៃព្រះរដ្ឋាណាចក្រអាមេរិក​(which is the exact title of Hun Sen, just adapted to Donald Trump)!

    I feel

    e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

    towards the US regime when I am seeing this.

    #trump #hunsen #usa #cambodia #dictator #dictatorship #totalitarianism #freedomofspeech #freespeech #privacy #authoritarianism #abuse #authoritarianabuse #contempt #regime #us

  16. @ncoca Wow, that's some Cambodian IMO dictator Hun Sen next level stuff.

    They privately criticized in an e-mail the regime of IMO Lord Supreme Megadictator and Military Leader, the Mighty Donald Trump, President of the Holy State Empire of America, សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ដូណាល់ ត្រាំ ប្រធានាធិបតី​នៃព្រះរដ្ឋាណាចក្រអាមេរិក​(which is the exact title of Hun Sen, just adapted to Donald Trump)!

    I feel

    e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

    towards the US regime when I am seeing this.

    #trump #hunsen #usa #cambodia #dictator #dictatorship #totalitarianism #freedomofspeech #freespeech #privacy #authoritarianism #abuse #authoritarianabuse #contempt #regime #us

  17. @ncoca Wow, that's some Cambodian IMO dictator Hun Sen next level stuff.

    They privately criticized in an e-mail the regime of IMO Lord Supreme Megadictator and Military Leader, the Mighty Donald Trump, President of the Holy State Empire of America, សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ដូណាល់ ត្រាំ ប្រធានាធិបតី​នៃព្រះរដ្ឋាណាចក្រអាមេរិក​(which is the exact title of Hun Sen, just adapted to Donald Trump)!

    I feel

    e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

    towards the US regime when I am seeing this.

    #trump #hunsen #usa #cambodia #dictator #dictatorship #totalitarianism #freedomofspeech #freespeech #privacy #authoritarianism #abuse #authoritarianabuse #contempt #regime #us

  18. @ncoca Wow, that's some Cambodian IMO dictator Hun Sen next level stuff.

    They privately criticized in an e-mail the regime of IMO Lord Supreme Megadictator and Military Leader, the Mighty Donald Trump, President of the Holy State Empire of America, សម្ដេចអគ្គមហាសេនាបតីតេជោ ដូណាល់ ត្រាំ ប្រធានាធិបតី​នៃព្រះរដ្ឋាណាចក្រអាមេរិក​(which is the exact title of Hun Sen, just adapted to Donald Trump)!

    I feel

    e x t r e m e l y s t r o n g c o n t e m p t

    towards the US regime when I am seeing this.

    #trump #hunsen #usa #cambodia #dictator #dictatorship #totalitarianism #freedomofspeech #freespeech #privacy #authoritarianism #abuse #authoritarianabuse #contempt #regime #us

  19. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    In the democracies of the world, the passion for freedom of speech and of thought is always accentuated when there is an effort anywhere to keep ideas away from people and to prevent them from making their own decisions. One of the best ways of enslaving a people is to keep them from education and thus make it impossible for them to understand what is going on in the world as a whole. […] The second way of enslaving a people is to suppress the sources of information, not only by burning books, but by controlling all the other ways in which ideas are transmitted.

    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1943-05-11), “My Day”

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/81…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #bookburning #education #freepress #freespeech #freedomofexpression #freedomofspeech #freedomofthepress #freedomofthought #information #media #oppression #thoughtcontrol #tyranny #understanding

  20. "Putin is pushing to move Russians to what Moscow calls a 'sovereign internet,' an online world cut off from Western technology and other foreign influences that is more susceptible to government censorship and control":
    nytimes.com/2025/10/21/world/e
    #FreedomOfSpeech & #FreedomOfThought are disappearing from #Russia.
    #politics #tech #SocialMedia

  21. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Government by the people means that the people have the right to do their own thinking and to do their own speaking about their public servants. They must speak truthfully and they must not be disloyal to the country, and it is their highest duty by truthful criticism to make and keep the public servants loyal to the country.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
    Essay (1918-04-06), “Citizens or Subjects?” Kansas City Star

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #bythepeople #criticism #democracy #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #government #loyalty #publicservants

  22. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Government by the people means that the people have the right to do their own thinking and to do their own speaking about their public servants. They must speak truthfully and they must not be disloyal to the country, and it is their highest duty by truthful criticism to make and keep the public servants loyal to the country.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
    Essay (1918-04-06), “Citizens or Subjects?” Kansas City Star

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #bythepeople #criticism #democracy #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #government #loyalty #publicservants

  23. A quotation from Teddy Roosevelt

    Government by the people means that the people have the right to do their own thinking and to do their own speaking about their public servants. They must speak truthfully and they must not be disloyal to the country, and it is their highest duty by truthful criticism to make and keep the public servants loyal to the country.

    Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) American politician, statesman, conservationist, writer, US President (1901-1909)
    Essay (1918-04-06), “Citizens or Subjects?” Kansas City Star

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-theodore/8…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #teddyroosevelt #theodoreroosevelt #bythepeople #criticism #democracy #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #government #loyalty #publicservants

  24. A quotation from Eleanor Roosevelt

    What is going on in the Un-American Activities Committee worries me primarily because little people have become frightened and we find ourselves living in the atmosphere of a police state, where people close doors before they state what they think or look over their shoulders apprehensively before they express an opinion.


    Eleanor Roosevelt (1884-1962) First Lady of the US (1933-45), politician, diplomat, activist
    Column (1947-10-29), “My Day”

    More about this quote: wist.info/roosevelt-eleanor/80…

    #quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #eleanorroosevelt #chillingeffect #fear #freespeech #freedomofspeech #freedomofthought #mccarthyism #policestate #RedScare #selfcensorship #tyranny

  25. "More than a decade ago, Congress tried to pass SOPA and PIPA—two sweeping bills that would have allowed the government and copyright holders to quickly shut down entire websites based on allegations of piracy. The backlash was immediate and massive. Internet users, free speech advocates, and tech companies flooded lawmakers with protests, culminating in an “Internet Blackout” on January 18, 2012. Turns out, Americans don’t like government-run internet blacklists. The bills were ultimately shelved.

    Thirteen years later, as institutional memory fades and appetite for opposition wanes, members of Congress in both parties are ready to try this again.

    The Foreign Anti-Digital Piracy Act (FADPA), along with at least one other bill still in draft form, would revive this reckless strategy. These new proposals would let rights holders get federal court orders forcing ISPs and DNS providers to block entire websites based on accusations of infringing copyright. Lawmakers claim they’re targeting “pirate” sites—but what they’re really doing is building an internet kill switch.

    These bills are an unequivocal and serious threat to a free and open internet. EFF and our supporters are going to fight back against them."

    eff.org/deeplinks/2025/04/cong

    #USA #Censorship #FreedomOfSpeech #Copyright #IP #SiteBlocking #OpenWeb #DigitalRights #Piracy #FADPA #SOPA #PIPA

  26. Is this Nazi Germany now? French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found

    France’s research minister said the scientist was traveling to Houston for a conference when his phone was searched
    #FuckTrumpNaziParty #freedomofspeech #StopMAGAFascistState #NoFascistUSA
    theguardian.com/us-news/2025/m

  27. 2/2 Some days before the attack Elsa received anonymous phone calls with #antisemitic contents and threats. On Jan. 7 she went to the office of #charliehebdo for the weekly editorial staff meeting. Her last column appeared in Jan. 7 edition of the magazine. It was titled “Christmas Is Really a Pain in the Ass”.

    #jesuischarlie #stopreligiousfundamentalism #stopislamism #stopantisemitism #freedomofpress #freedomofspeech

  28. Musk’s new Grok upgrade allows X users to create largely uncensored AI images - Enlarge / An AI-generated image of Donald Trump and catgirls created wi... - arstechnica.com/?p=2043070 #largelanguagemodel #freedomofspeech #machinelearning #imagesynthesis #aicensorship #censorship #freespeech #aimisuse #elonmusk #aimodel #twitter #biz#flux.1 #grok-2 #flux #grok #xai #ai #x