[HacktionLab] Police crackdown on free speech

[mark]

Good question Ben.

I don't have a good answer, but a couple of ideas occur to me:

1. We could have a big drive to get all of our mates onto the fediverse, 
hoping that if we get a load of already-somewhat-connected people 
joining at the same time, there's a better than usual chance of people 
finding the kind of connections they want, and therefore staying interested.

2. Anyone who hosts anything should provide it (also) as a tor hidden 
service and advertise it on their front page, so that it becomes the 
normal thing to do, more people learn about tor and take an interest in 
their digital freedoms.

I'm interested to see what others think.

Mark

PS. Thanks again to everyone who came to Nottingham, you made it 
excellent, and some Sumac people asked me to pass on that they enjoyed 
it too.


On 05/10/2025 19:24, ben wrote:
> *Maybe folks can chime in on the list with their thoughts?
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> -------- Original Message --------
> On Sunday, 10/05/25 at 19:20 ben <benxxxx at protonmail.com> wrote:
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>     Hi all,
> 
>     Thanks for a great weekend with much beautiful food for thought and
>     food for eating.
> 
>     During brunch I realised there was a topic I forgot to add that I
>     thought was important to talk about.
> 
>     In response to crack downs on free speech in the UK (e.g. https://
>     www.reuters.com/world/uk/uk-police-get-new-powers-after-latest-pro-
>     palestinian-protest-2025-10-05/ ), the need for alternative secure
>     media channels is gonna be more vital than ever.
> 
>     A refresh on the current best (and preferably accessible) practices
>     for doing this would be good.
> 
>     Making folks can chime on on the list with their thoughts.
> 
>     Cheers,
>     Ben X
> 
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