[HacktionLab] Police crackdown on free speech

[J C]

I'm sorry I missed Nottingham, still getting back to life after 
bereavements and moved house, hopefully see everyone next next time.

... and especially if this question goes back up the Agenda : very much 
interested (security/Fediverse/etc)

Peace

Jonathan

:)



On 05/10/2025 21:47, mark 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.
>>
>>
>> -------- 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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