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I spent most of a decade traveling to authoritarian countries and teaching people how to circumvent internet censorship. I am appalled that this is now something I have to do in the US.

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in reply to evacide

I've been working on a lecture/workshop for my local mutual aid group to cover that kind of stuff, would you be able to recommend some good sources to pull from? A lot of what I've found is good advice but mostly targeted at people taking very direct action, rather than people just trying to live their lives without being spied on.
in reply to Nick Dumas

@nickdumas Please feel free to pull anything you like from my github.com/dsalo/LocalPrivacy/… @evacide
in reply to Nick Dumas

@nickdumas I second this question. I have looked at EFF’s references but trying to figure out the options as a layperson is…overwhelming.
in reply to evacide

It's crazy how people are willingly choosing a platform with authoritarian censorship like rednote as opposed to free ones like Mastodon.
in reply to Sibshops

We just need to promote the fedi as an alternative, I guess @loops is close to TikTok for short videos, and pixelfed can also do video.
in reply to Sibshops

We just need to promote the fedi as an alternative, I guess @loops is close to TikTok for short videos, and pixelfed can also do video.

So first we should work out how people are finding the replacement services, I guess tiktok users are being directed to rednote by other tiktok users or from other central social media sites where they can advertise.