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'''FreeSpeechTube''' (FST) is a free-speech, independent video hosting platform and archive founded in early 2019 by [[Norbert de Jonge]], and temporarily suspended in February, 2023.
'''FreeSpeechTube''' (aka '''FST''') is a free-speech tolerant, independent video hosting platform and archive, founded in early 2019 by [[Norbert de Jonge]]. It has been temporarily suspended in mid-February, 2023, pending important technical maintenance works.


FST is particularly well known for supporting [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] in their quest for a safer online space, without censorship, and was famously known as a hangout for [[Amos Yee]] and [[Nelson Maatman]] among others. Early on, restrictions had to be imposed against NSFW type content, which was posing an existential risk to the site, due to moderation demands, and the potential of upstream [[censorship]]. Over the years, viewership faded, and De Jonge left the project in 2022, owing to his personal situation. This left FST with no technical support, moderation and contingencies, other than their hosting arrangement.
FST is particularly well known for supporting [[Minor Attracted Person|MAPs]] in their quest for a safer, [[censorship]]-free online space. Early on in its existence, it was known as a hangout for [[Amos Yee]], swelling its viewership figures considerably. In its first iteration's later years, FST was known for hosting the Dutch activist, [[Nelson Maatman]] among others.  


In 2022, the project had some issues with Pakistani commercial spammers and an unsophisticated sock farm pushing rape apologetics. This operation was thought to be started by an aggressive group of American Mormons who were at the time seeking to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]] by engaging in astroturfing.
==FST v1.0==


Following a technical outage, FreeSpeechTube is likely to return under identical or similar branding, using a federated video sharing model. This will allow technical updates to continue for the foreseeable future.
Early on in its life, restrictions had to be imposed against NSFW "NN" type content (see early web archives). This material was determined to be posing an existential risk to the site, due to moderation demands, and the general [[censorship]] liability.
 
Over the years, viewership faded, and De Jonge left the project in 2022, owing to his personal situation. This left FST with no technical support, moderation, or other contingencies, barring a secure hosting arrangement. The original FST nevertheless persisted for almost a year, until it began to face some issues with Pakistani commercial spammers and then an unsophisticated sock farm pushing rape apologia. The latter operation was thought by many casual observers to be started by, or related to an [[Operation Underground Railroad|aggressive group of American Mormons]] who were at the time planning an online documentary about Maatman, and, it was assumed seeking to misrepresent the [[MAP Movement]] by engaging in astroturfing and disruption.
 
==FST v2.0==
 
Following the technical outage, FreeSpeechTube is likely to return under identical or more MAP-related branding, using a federated video sharing model. While it may take time to integrate old metadata with some of the sites' less visible content, this will allow technical updates to continue for the foreseeable future.


==External links==
==External links==

Revision as of 14:37, 16 March 2023

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FreeSpeechTube (aka FST) is a free-speech tolerant, independent video hosting platform and archive, founded in early 2019 by Norbert de Jonge. It has been temporarily suspended in mid-February, 2023, pending important technical maintenance works.

FST is particularly well known for supporting MAPs in their quest for a safer, censorship-free online space. Early on in its existence, it was known as a hangout for Amos Yee, swelling its viewership figures considerably. In its first iteration's later years, FST was known for hosting the Dutch activist, Nelson Maatman among others.

FST v1.0

Early on in its life, restrictions had to be imposed against NSFW "NN" type content (see early web archives). This material was determined to be posing an existential risk to the site, due to moderation demands, and the general censorship liability.

Over the years, viewership faded, and De Jonge left the project in 2022, owing to his personal situation. This left FST with no technical support, moderation, or other contingencies, barring a secure hosting arrangement. The original FST nevertheless persisted for almost a year, until it began to face some issues with Pakistani commercial spammers and then an unsophisticated sock farm pushing rape apologia. The latter operation was thought by many casual observers to be started by, or related to an aggressive group of American Mormons who were at the time planning an online documentary about Maatman, and, it was assumed seeking to misrepresent the MAP Movement by engaging in astroturfing and disruption.

FST v2.0

Following the technical outage, FreeSpeechTube is likely to return under identical or more MAP-related branding, using a federated video sharing model. While it may take time to integrate old metadata with some of the sites' less visible content, this will allow technical updates to continue for the foreseeable future.

External links