These refugees have labored to build an informational and communicative infrastructure that isn’t so overwhelming, one that can be bootstrapped in private or semi-private spaces where a level of trust and good will is taken for granted, and conflict can be productive and encouraging instead of destructive and terrifying. As she puts it, “If the mem... See more

Going dark is one strategy of the savvy and privileged. VPN hopping cosmopolitans with the increased risk of exposure online from both the state and their peers began fleeing to the Dark Forest of the internet; off mainline socials where their speech and behavior was broadcast to anyone and into small niche communities on invite-only forums, p2p ne... See more