Digital control is expanding through surveillance, debanking, KYC databases, internet shutdowns and financial repression.
Builders and activists are creating an emerging freedom tech stack of private payments, resilient communication, spyware research, peer to peer funding and practical education.
My latest article in Forbes featuring Cashu (nprofile…q6fg) The Citizen Lab (nprofile…s0dv) hodlhodl (nprofile…4xpt) HRF (nprofile…05cu) Bitchat, Agora, Nostr and Bitcoin.
With insights from Farida (nprofile…8tn9) calle (nprofile…vglz) Leopoldolopez (nprofile…gpws) and AnnaChekhovich (nprofile…faxy).
Read the full article:
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2026/06/04/how-freedom-tech-is-pushing-back-against-digital-authoritarianism/
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