Editing Hyphanet (section)

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Freenet's founders argue that true freedom of speech comes only with true anonymity and that the beneficial uses of Freenet outweigh its negative uses.<ref name="philosophy">{{cite web|url=https://freenetproject.org/philosophy.html|title=The Philosophy behind Freenet|access-date=20 December 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430201105/http://freenetproject.org/philosophy.html|archive-date=30 April 2011|url-status=dead}}</ref> Their view is that free speech, in itself, is not in contradiction with any other consideration—the information is not the crime. Freenet attempts to remove the possibility of any group imposing its beliefs or values on any data. Although many states censor communications to different extents, they all share one commonality in that a body must decide what information to censor and what information to allow. What may be acceptable to one group of people may be considered offensive or even dangerous to another. In essence, the purpose of Freenet is to ensure that no one is allowed to decide what is acceptable.

Reports of Freenet's use in authoritarian nations is difficult to track due to the very nature of Freenet's goals. One group, ''Freenet China'', used to introduce the Freenet software to [[China|Chinese]] users starting from 2001 and distribute it within China through e-mails and on disks after the group's website was blocked by the Chinese authorities on the mainland. It was reported that in 2002 ''Freenet China'' had several thousand dedicated users.<ref>Damm, Jens, and Simona Thomas. ''Chinese Cyberspaces Technological Changes and Political Effects''. London: Routledge, 2006.</ref>{{rp|70–71}} However, Freenet opennet traffic was blocked in China around the 2010s.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Hyphanet |url=https://www.hyphanet.org/ |access-date=2024-07-03 |website=www.hyphanet.org |language=en}}</ref>{{Citation needed|reason=This sounds plausible but would benefit from a source|date=November 2017}}