[HacktionLab] Police crackdown on free speech

[ben]

Thanks the suggestions Mark.

I also remembered that I previously found the following page that lists a whole load of tools, but I'm not sure which tool suggestions to trust or not.

https://www.privacytools.io/

Incogni, for example, are listed as a top pick on that site but I watched a video recently that was highly critical of sites like Incogni:

Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA
Invidious link: https://invidi.link/?url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX3JT6q3AxA

Cheers,
Ben


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On Sunday, 5 October 2025 at 21:48, mark <mark at aktivix.org> wrote:

> 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?
> > 
> > Sent from Proton Mail https://proton.me/mail/home for Android.
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> > -------- Original Message --------
> > On Sunday, 10/05/25 at 19:20 ben benxxxx at protonmail.com wrote:
> > 
> > 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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