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Geography, lesgislation and terms of service

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Censorship through legal means is a prevalent form of suppression and a cause of self censorship. It is extremely important that organisations, journalists and individual take responsibility for their own education in terms of awareness of new digital laws as well as past applications and precedents set in prosecution.
 
==Terms and Conditions==
 
Carefully choice should be made in terms of the provider themselves. A strong reputation for support, quality and security is important but as to is alignment with your organisations goals.
 
Ultimately, a contract is agreed between your organisation and the service provider. This contract governs how, when, and under what circumstances service will or won't be provided.
 
If your provider has a history of discontinuing service to activists, journalist or civil society groups, or request that they self censor - then it is important to establish this at the outset. It is necessary to determine with your provider what content they might prohibit or what rules govern the extent to which they will support activists in publishing their work.
 
There are already a number of service providers that aim to support the activists, NGO and non-profit world. Amongst them are [https://greenhost.net/about-us/| Green Host], [https://help.riseup.net/en/about-us| Riseup] and [https://leap.se/en/about-us| Leap].