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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Yep. Everything we host is located in the European Union, operated by EU and Swiss companies.
You should find another hosting provider, because I would not recommend, Hostinger (they're partly based out of the USA).
The company is basically one of those corporations that makes up many other corporations, with investing companies holding interest. They previously had web hosting services in the United States (you see that easy enough on Wikipedia), and while they may have ended those sub companies, they kept the US-based incorporation and even use it to process payments (see URL)
> " HOSTINGER US INC., registered at 1201 North Market Street, Suite 111-F69, Wilmington, DE 19801, United States "
This means they still fall under US-jurisdiction since they do have an Us-based company.
https://www.hostinger.com/legal/universal-terms-of-service-agreement
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I use the EU-based corporation. The company is HQ in Lithuania in EU. You'd have a hard-time finding a large company with no ties to US whatsoever (subsidiary, investors,...) so I believe it's as good as it can get. Any alternative suggestions with: no subsidiary in the US, no investor from the US, no business in US$ (which is sufficient matter for DoJ filing a case using extraterritoriality)?
From their ToS:
"Any other country not listed above (including EU countries), then the contracting entity will be Hostinger International Ltd., Cyprus private limited company, registered address 61 Lordou Vironos str., 6023 Larnaca, Cyprus."
@barbapulpe 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. ๐ ๐คซ 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/ ๐ 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/ ๐ 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 ๐ 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/ ๐ 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/ ๐ 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
Posteo cannot be listed (nor trusted), because it is a Sole Proprietorship. I was very surprised to learn that fact, given the nature and size of the business. As a Sole Proprietorship, the "business" is the owner and the owner are the business, which means as American citizens, Posteo would fall under US-Jurisdiction.
Mail Box Dot Org, deletes accounts after 30 days of inactivity. I am not going to recommend a provider, that is quick to delete accounts.
@Linux @barbapulpe How does a German company that is owned by German citizens automatically fall under US-Jurisdiction? Or do you think that Sole Propietorship as a legal form itself is a potential risk?
As far as I understand Mailbox.org FAQ they will delete accounts for missing payments but not due to inactivity. They will restrict the accout to read/receive only for 30 days and inactivate for another 30 days. After a total of 60 days the account will be deleted.
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