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.
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
@Linux Watch the tld, just because the registrar may be outside the US depending on the tld they may be beholden to the US
For instance my mastodon is currently on a .net domain so still under US influence even if I chose to use a different registrar.
Domain name registration is something people often forget about, and you are correct.
Dot Com, Net, Org, Info, US, and Edu all fall under US-jurisdiction.
Mega Upload, is a historical reference of a Dot Com, when the US has pulled down a domain name. Although, that is a rare occurrence, as the government usually targets the content and not the domain name.
However, since times are changing, people should be mindful.
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Many word-base domain extensions also fall under Us-jurisdiction. That because many word-based domain name extensions are managed by US-based corporations.
Dot Social, is one such example.
I would avoid word-based domain names, because corporation can be bought.
I would suggest people attempt to pick a country top level domain name, when possible. For example, Dot SE (Sweden) or Dot CA (Canada).
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Daniel Johnson