#internet-freedom — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #internet-freedom, aggregated by home.social.
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The Ad Blocker You Chose is Being Removed for You
On 31 August 2026, the Chrome Web Store removes the last extensions built on Manifest V2, the older rulebook that governed what a Chrome extension was allowed to do. A week earlier, on 7 August, Microsoft announced that Edge is following the same path: the consumer transition starts this month and should be complete by the end of the year, with enterprise customers following in early 2027. Six days after the Chrome deadline, on 6 September, the next Digital Independence Day (DI.DAY) […]https://europeanpirates.eu/the-ad-blocker-you-chose-is-being-removed-for-you/
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Central Asia’s internet can change the moment you cross a border, with censorship ranging from selective blocking to a black market for access to the open web https://ow.ly/k6tr50ZyUIf #InternetFreedom #Censorship #DigitalRights #InternetAccess #CentralAsia
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After a grueling 2,000-hour nationwide internet shutdown in Iran, international connectivity has finally returned to the Parch Linux servers.
This prolonged outage completely destroyed our SEO. Searching for our project yielded zero results for months, which took a massive toll on our visibility and progress. Now that we are back online, I am trying to figure out how to rebuild the lost trust of our international users and effectively promote the project again. Unfortunately, open-source news outlets have rarely covered us unless we directly request a feature.
Despite these hurdles, I am incredibly relieved that the connection is restored and people outside of Iran can finally see our work once more.
Hoping for freedom.
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A New Wave of Pressure on Cyberspace and Public Spaces: Blocking Social Media Pages and Sealing Cafés
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Ironic
A website details the blocked websites in #Ukraine.... is itself blocked by #Cloudflare.
An archived copy of the page shows that the government of Ukraine has blocked 48,698 websites, and that number could be greater now.
Should a government be afraid of its people thinking for themselves?
Blocked: https://uablocklist.com/
Archived: https://archive.is/g0J9Y
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Discarded trash from #SpaceX will slam into the #moon, possibly on Wednesday.
I found this story on a banned website. #Ukraine has blocked many, but it can be viewed in the USA.
More about the #censorship:
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🎉【COSCUP 開源政策軌 議程集錦！】🎉
👁️【你的帳號被封過嗎？平台憑什麼這樣做——而且你根本不知道為什麼。】👁️
每天你用的社群平台，有一套演算法在決定你的貼文能不能被看見、你的帳號要不要被封鎖。這套規則是誰訂的？你看得到嗎？你能改變它嗎？🤔
今年，開源政策軌帶來「平台治理 × 數位自由」相關議題，從網路基礎建設到演算法透明化，從年齡驗證到數位人權立法，一次討論你我都關心的問題：
▸ 網路域名基礎建設背後，有哪些你不知道的開源軟體與數位自由議題？
👤 Cui Jia Wei
▸ 平台把審查演算法開源了——把內容治理規則交給社群，會發生什麼事？
👤 Duke Wang + 黃豆泥
▸ 年齡驗證一定會侵犯隱私嗎？歐盟正在開源的年齡驗證 App 告訴我們什麼？
👤 黃豆泥 + Denken Chen
▸ 民間自己來草擬《數位權利基本法》——開源、公共程式、數位公地，能用法律保護嗎？ 👤 司改會數位法小組📅 8/8~8/9（日）10:00 起
📍 研陽大樓 TR209 教室（二樓）
完整議程：https://coscup.org/2026/track/526🌟 如果你關心網路自由、平台治理、隱私權，或想了解公民社會怎麼用開源推動政策改變，這個上午絕對值得你來！💬🤝
#COSCUP2026 #OCF #OpenSourcePolicy #開源政策 #平台治理 #數位人權 #網路自由 #隱私權 #年齡驗證 #演算法透明 #數位權利基本法 #OpenSource #FOSS #FLOSS #開源人年會 #開源社群 #NTUST #Policy #Governance #TechEvent #Taiwan #DigitalRights #InternetFreedom
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Stop Killing the Internet!
For decades, the Internet has empowered people to communicate, organise, learn, create businesses, share culture and participate in democracy across borders. Its openness has been one of its greatest strengths. Today, however, that openness is increasingly under threat. Across the world, governments are responding to concerns about online harms with proposals that risk undermining fundamental rights. Mandatory age verification, device scanning, digital identity requirements: broad […] -
FreeSocks VPN just hit 1,000 users on launch week
If you, your friends or family are behind a censored network - try it out
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We want to know. What would make FreeSocks better?
Try it out at https://freesocks.org/
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Turkmenistan is targeting Uzbek SIM cards in border villages where residents rely on cross-border signals for usable internet https://ow.ly/6cBp50ZnRKe #Turkmenistan #InternetFreedom #DigitalRights #Censorship #Connectivity #BorderVillages #UzbekSim #SignalAccess
A Signal from Uzbekistan: How ... -
Between Agency and Determinism, Who Holds the Wheel in Digital Society?
Every morning, before most people have spoken a word out loud, a sequence of decisions has already been made on their behalf, what news surfaces, what products to buy, what version of the world gets presented as the relevant one. It arrives as a feed, a recommendation, a notification. Frictionless. Invisible. User well-being does not enter into the calculation, it is the emotional amplification that is rewarded and it is how engagement incentives can dangerously influence public […]https://europeanpirates.eu/between-agency-and-determinism-who-holds-the-wheel-in-digital-society/
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Stand against Chat Control
Chat Control has once again taken center stage in the European policy debate, as European Parliament President Roberta Metsola attempts to push the controversial proposal towards implementation. This is seriously concerning, given that the Chat Control proposals have already been rejected twice by Members of the European Parliament (MEPs). For many, these renewed efforts represent more than a procedural move; they are seen as an attempt to derogate the ePrivacy Directive despite previous […]https://europeanpirates.eu/have-you-heard-of-the-ddos-and-specop-happening-against-our-democracy/
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Word of the day: Technocarcinization.
#surveillance #InternetFreedom #enshittification
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JUST 8 HOURS LEFT to turn your outrage into action.
Our work protects your right to privacy & free expression, one of few #InternetFreedom tools designed to circumvent this dystopian nightmare.
Save is the ONLY FLOSS archiving app that lets eyewitnesses verify & securely send evidence over @torproject to the @internetarchive & FOSS servers.
Every $ you give is matched 5x+ thru midnight PT 6/19.
https://internetfreedom.torproject.org/projects/openarchive-save/More from founding board member, @eff 's @cooperq https://youtu.be/Bh7UXuJoQ2U?si=AwSj_7k5hqESPlRN
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I've run my own Internet-facing web/email/dns/db/rproxy/streaming/api/shared calendaring/storage infrastructure for *decades*.
I can't imagine relying on a zillion different 3rd party, or even one monopolistic, provider for what I feel should be independent and distributed by default—like the Internet *itself* was designed to be.
I know not everyone cares to do this, but I ❤️ that I do. It's LIBERATING.
I'm an ally of everything #selfhosting, #opensource and #internetfreedom.
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For 15 years, #InternetFreedom has faced growing threats—and for 15 years, community-driven FLOSS tools like Save have defended it.
Amidst uncertainty, these tools depend on people like you who believe privacy and free expression are fundamental rights.
That's why we've joined @torproject's participatory funding campaign. More supporters = more matching funds.
⏳2 days left to donate https://internetfreedom.torproject.org/projects/openarchive-save/
A founding board member, @eff 's @cooperq explains why now: https://youtu.be/Bh7UXuJoQ2U?si=xKv7_Wn7A4lPKNil
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WhatsApp Clone, but Decentralized with P2P Messaging
"Secure and private" is the general goal.
This is a technical/concept demo of a fairly unique approach using a browser-based, local-first and webrtc.
This is intended to introduce a new paradigm in client-side managed secure cryptography. We can avoid registration of any sort.
Features:
* P2P
* End to end encryption
* Signal protocol
* Post-Quantum cryptography
* File transfer
* Local-first
* No registration
* No installation
* No database
* TURN serverFeel free to reach out for clarity instead of diving into the docs/code.
IMPORTANT: While this is aiming to provide a secure experience, it isnt audited or reviewed. **Shared for testing, feedback and demo purposes only.** Please use responsibly.
#Privacy #OpenSource #P2P #WebRTC #Decentralization #DigitalSovereignty #CyberSecurity #FOSS #SelfHosted #NoCloud #AntiCorp #Encryption #WebDev #TechLiberty #PrivateMessaging #Networking #DataPrivacy #InternetFreedom #LocalFirst #SoftwareEngineering #WebApps #ZeroKnowledge #PrivacyTech #IndieDev #NoSignup #NoInstall #DecentralizedWeb #SecureMessaging #BrowserApp #TechEthics #P2P #WebRTC #PeerJS #ZeroData #EphemeralData #Encryption #E2EE #BrowserToBrowser #NoInstall #Privacy #Security #Decentralized #Messaging #VideoCall #NoTracking #PrivateMessaging #Prototype #Demo #WorkInProgress #CloseSource #OpenSource #WebDev #GitHub #TechDevelopment #WhatsApp #ChatApp #InstantMessaging #PWA
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So many have shown up to fund internet freedom. Did you?
Funding round will close in 3 days. Support #InternetFreedom
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What's this? 👀
FreeSocks v2 UI sneak peak. Fully open source and built on Convex.