Dear Fediverse Administrators,

Please consider relocating your website to a web hosting provider based outside the United States of America.

Historically, fascist governments do not ignore the little guy -- That's you, and your users.

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A few people asked if I have a list of providers, outside the United States.

YES, I have a list of Domain Registers, Web Hosting, Privacy Focused E-mail, Managed DNS, Public DNS, CDN, and VPN providers that I have confirmed as not based out of the USA or owned by a USA company.

I am interested in expanding this list, so if anyone has any suggestions, please speak up.

https://misskey.de/notes/a3rcto65dn

Linux Is Best (@Linux_Is_Best)

UPDATED = February 2, 2025 List of service providers outside the United States jurisdiction. 😉 🤫 VPN = * iVPN, located in Gibraltar, Europe (UK territory) https://www.ivpn.net/ * Mullvad VPN, located in Sweden, Europe https://mullvad.net/ * Goose VPN, located in the Netherlands, Europe https://goosevpn.com/ * Xeovo VPN, located in Finland, Europe https://xeovo.com/ 🌐 Managed DNS = * AdGuard DNS, located in Cyprus, Europe https://adguard-dns.io/ * ClouDNS, located in Bulgaria, Europe https://www.cloudns.net/ * deSEC, located in Germany, Europe https://desec.io/ 🌐 Public DNS = * CIRA Canadian Shield, located in Canada, North America https://www.cira.ca/en/canadian-shield/configure/ * Mullvad DNS, located in Sweden, Europe https://mullvad.net/en/help/dns-over-https-and-dns-over-tls 🔏 Privacy focused e-mail = * Tuta, located in Germany, Europe https://tuta.com/ * Soverin, located in the Netherlands, Europe https://soverin.com/ * Startmail, located in the Netherlands, Europe https://www.startmail.com/ * Mailfence, located in Belgium, Europe https://mailfence.com/ 🌍 Domain Registration / Web Hosting = * Scalewy, located in France, Europe https://www.scaleway.com/ * OVH, located in France, Europe https://www.ovhcloud.com/ * Jottam located in Norway, Europe https://jottacloud.com * Aruba, located in Italy, Europe https://aruba.it * Hosting Dot NL, located in the Netherlands, Europe https://hosting.nl * Bahnhof, located in Sweden, Europe https://bahnhof.cloud * Glesys, located in Sweden, Europe https://glesys.com/ 🌍 CDN = * OVH, located in France, Europe https://www.ovhcloud.com/en/web-hosting/options/cdn/ * Key CDN, located in Switzerland, Europe https://www.keycdn.com/ Naturally, making this list is not easy. These are two types of companies I avoided in making my list. 1) Those who actually fall under US-jurisdiction because they are based or owned by a company in the USA. More than often, I will stumble over a company that appears to be outside the USA, but later find they are owned by another corporation based inside the USA, and so they do fall under US-jurisdiction. 2) Those who voluntarily give up their sovereignty to the United States. The 2nd type, who voluntarily gives up their sovereignty in the way of US jurisdiction, have whole sections of their terms concerning US Laws and US based customers. If a fascist government says jump, these people will ask, how high?! I encourage people to scrutinize my list. The old saying, "trust, but verify", is something I believe in. #Vpn #Dns #Cdn #Email #WebHosting #RuleOfLaw #Justice #FreedomOfSpeech #Project2025 #Facism #Nazis

misskey.de

@Linux This is a very good attempt. Spread it.

https://www.loopia.com/ is a service/DNS provider. One of the larger in Sweden.

Loopia - Website | Domain | Hosting | WordPress

Loopia is Sweden's largest and leading hosting provider since 1999. We offer simple, secure and sustainable services with the best support on the market.

Loopia

@jajo

Copyright Loopia AB 1999 - 2025
Loopia is part of team.blue

Upon looking up, "team blue"

> "We have 60+ brands across 22 European countries"

https://team.blue/our-ecosystem/

I am not even going to look into that. Team Blue is one of those mega (large) corporations that own other corporations, who own other corporations, who may have other invested interest.

I will not suggest people avoid it, but I will not recommend it either.

Our Ecosystem

@Linux I fully understand. And I have some things to learn what you expect. Keep up the good work!

@jajo

The goal is to find providers which can easily be verified not to fall under Us-jurisdiction.

Super large corporations like that are nearly always running a US-based incorporated business somewhere, and even if today, they're not, it would be hard to know what they're doing tomorrow, just because they're so damn large.

But thanks for the suggestion, nonetheless.

@Linux I will attend the Nordic Domain Days 2025 where I will meet some colleagues and I will discuss this. I have been working with this things, I am and old IETF member.

/Jan