About anoni.net News

anoni.net News is written by anoni.net, an anonymity network community based in Taiwan. It covers international news on privacy, anonymity networks and internet censorship from the angle we know best, technology and the open-source ecosystem. Each piece opens with what happened and who is affected, then its Perspective section covers the technology involved, the first step readers can take now, and what it costs them.

Story selection

Candidates come from about thirty regular sources, including digital rights groups, security research teams, open-source projects and news outlets, plus daily picks from tech communities. Maintainers shortlist by headline, then read the original to confirm there is something useful to add. Priority goes to things readers can download, configure or follow today, and to technical or policy changes that alter how people already work.

Fact-checking

Every factual sentence has to trace back to the original report or an official source; inferences without one are removed or marked as inferences. The current state of tools and services, including versions, prices, supported platforms and regions, and whether a Chinese interface exists, is checked against official pages on the day of writing, and official information wins where it differs from the original report.

The sources behind each piece are listed in its Sources panel with publisher and date, including the laws and statistics consulted for regional comparisons.

Corrections

When we find an error or outdated detail after publication, we correct all three language versions together. The articles live in a public GitHub repository, so every change and its date can be checked.

Three language versions

Each piece is published at the same time in Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese and English, with the Traditional Chinese version as the factual reference. The Perspective section is rewritten for each readership. The Simplified Chinese version is written for readers inside mainland China and abroad, and covers whether a service is reachable there and how to get it. The English Perspective is longer and adds comparisons of laws and service availability across Asia, including when the story is about an American or European product. The Perspective sections therefore differ, and each version lists its own additional sources.

Byline

Pieces are credited to the anoni.net community by default rather than to individuals, so contributors who do not want to leave a personal trace can take part. Whether a piece is accurate can be checked against its sources and the public revision history.

Reporting an error

If you spot a factual error, outdated information or a translation problem, please open an issue on GitHub, naming the piece and the sentence, ideally with a source. If you would rather not use a GitHub account, email [email protected], preferably encrypted with PGP.

Analytics and privacy

We count readership with a self-hosted Umami instance that sets no cookies and sends nothing when your browser has Do Not Track or GPC enabled. Pages need no JavaScript and load no third-party fonts or resources. The onion version loads no analytics; its address is in the footer of every page.

Licence

Articles are published under CC BY 4.0; you are welcome to republish and quote them with attribution. Copyright in the quoted originals belongs to their authors.