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MESH

MESH is an open-source, encrypted, censorship-resistant mesh-VPN from the NGO BARGHEST that gives digital-security analysts a remote path to a mobile device, over the internet and through firewalls, to run spyware-detection and forensic tools (like MVT and AndroidQF) on the phones of activists, journalists, and human-rights defenders.

2026

Autistici/Inventati

Autistici/Inventati is a long-running Italian digital-rights collective providing privacy-respecting email, hosting, and internet tools to grassroots activists and social movements, now running a campaign against a US terrorist designation it says threatens its servers.

2026
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Mother of all VPNs (MoaV)

Multi-protocol Internet censorship circumvention stack optimized for hostile network environments.

Nothing2Hide

Nous fournissons aux journalistes et activistes des services d'urgence permettant de faire face aux menaces et à la surveillance numérique : hotline, formations, outils de contournement de la censure, analyse de périphériques.

France

Mullvad VPN

Free the internet from mass surveillance and censorship.

Gothenberg, Sweden (Sverige) 🇸🇪

World Day Against Cyber Censorship

World Day Against Cyber Censorship is an online event held each year on March 12 to draw attention to the ways that governments around the world are deterring and censoring free speech online.

2008

bitchat

bitchat is a decentralized, peer-to-peer messaging application that operates over Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) mesh networks.

California
2025

DRAPAC VPN Bot

This bot offers an interface for requesting and accessing VPN support via Telegram and WhatsApp.

Telegram, WhatsApp