There are plenty of real world examples of Freenet being used successfully to communicate information that governments, political groups, religious fanatics and society overall don't wish to tolerate. There are also plenty of FMS and even Frost groups being used to discuss privacy, anti-censorship, security and political issues. Unfortunately Freenet sites tend to go unmaintained quickly, which is a symptom of the same problem that keeps many people from building freesites in the first place, it isn't all that easy for someone who isn't technically proficient.
In many places it is illegal to commit blasphemy, to discuss sexual issues, homosexuality, political views that aren't in line with the ruling party, even books which advocate things society doesn't like are censored. Freenet is being actively used for all of these things. The wikileaks mirror is an easy choice, though it isn't being kept up to date: SSK at ihSIv1Mdz0Doa7YaZ0iD1G76tZBJ0Pvwe1TTyBhE1JA,-OL63-AHOa4DPIoam5RcqGB05Z-sJISqZTbc1p~c7wE,AQACAAE/WikiLeaks-15/ There is also the highly relevant Muhammad pictures, which while not exactly valuable information, are protected speech in the U.S. but nonetheless have attracted threats of physical violence against individuals, attempted boycotts of entire websites and services (like facebook). Freenet is probably one of the only places to host things like this without exposing the author or the host to threats and violence: SSK at 35rEue-QDuKZ8detZrJfFJYfu6JMELXJ3Oo03Bu1yBY,H0C-2~dmXkOZ1uSr4whVwA3FPyzy559~Ber~NkUiFWQ,AQACAAE/muhammed-2/ SSK at JrH585tC6U~KRMMbaGw3tbjuWjM-~tZXw1eYCaQDWqg,G~qf6nWtHUigBOMeWHgGdbXrCCCYjIYbR49o6BLeztQ,AQACAAE/Mohammed-1/ Speech which may be unpopular in many countries: SSK at j7ejxlcTVjFrq-Fx6zVmKu4SE-IW0mjye9pdespAZnI,4yq9Vq6tNRJH5s46YGFiRyO0aBN7PACDq8b2yeS0Xow,AQACAAE/zymoid-43/ Books which governments like France have decided to censor or ban completely: USK at qWH3AwSMlP2SPCGwgC3GgaQB4f0v-8-h0v0HhnILTo4,mAQyYvubqv7sdd0cq~BGsKlwoy1kWWZRCCr1pznPu4U,AQACAAE/annalium/0/ Books that may earn someone the attention of law enforcement even though they are not strictly illegal or even censored in many places, because some governments have decided they need to monitor who checks specific books out of a library: SSK at wmDo~alMv5E09Km9Gy5pyxbu9HG19l1srZOdOqFMX48,-zam-mVVX1r3EbC3~h4dnoHLbROs93S7lvBaSItwnCU,AQACAAE/TURNERDIARIES-0/ SSK at MVqDBYFTs-1LzbtR6pDKrcn3A28qw63tlAJqNPSNuaE,AgC5Bac7cHolJDiBzxCamc3EaU12FLQJ2Dav3T57WL0,AQACAAE/RITUALMURDER-0/ SSK at qhdWQ~gBA5cAJQLMPgZaVr17wGNXUlGTxlrFEID6uvo,fTgXykW1MMS5Ws3H3OObUCyD2i5ZvpLFRfA1unxMt9M,AQACAAE/mein-kampf-0/ Detested political groups. This one seems to be maintaining a freenet-exclusive site: SSK at 3Yl50F3xszvDjiRqY0dhqSYIk6sQYgCTc4hvzJgeBHA,cAy3obOXB8VEf1YCRCIfG89ng04dW8osojcVLAqgM~E,AQACAAE/ORION-55/ There are plenty of others in the indexes, but they aren't always easy to find for a new user. On Jul 16, 2010, at 11:36 AM, Ian Clarke wrote: > A journalist has asked me for some examples of content on Freenet which is > indicative of what we want Freenet to be used for. > > Any suggestions (please provide actual links to sites)? > > Ian. > > -- > Ian Clarke > CEO, SenseArray > Email: ian at sensearray.com > Ph: +1 512 422 3588 > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20100717/0ce0b584/attachment.html>
