https://github.com/srmdn/digital-freedom
Terminal-style interactive narratives about digital freedom and personal privacy
https://github.com/srmdn/digital-freedom
digital-freedom digital-rights interactive-narrative privacy surveillance terminal
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Terminal-style interactive narratives about digital freedom and personal privacy
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/srmdn/digital-freedom
- Owner: srmdn
- Created: 2026-06-16T04:11:26.000Z (16 days ago)
- Default Branch: master
- Last Pushed: 2026-06-16T17:46:36.000Z (16 days ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-06-28T10:30:34.380Z (4 days ago)
- Topics: digital-freedom, digital-rights, interactive-narrative, privacy, surveillance, terminal
- Language: HTML
- Homepage: https://srmdn.github.io/digital-freedom
- Size: 31.3 KB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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- Readme: README.md
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README
# Digital Freedom
A long-term editorial series on the erosion of personal liberties in the digital age.
[**Read it now**](https://srmdn.github.io/digital-freedom/) — no install required.
## Why this exists
Digital freedom is being negotiated in real time. Encryption backdoors. Mass surveillance. Data brokers selling behavioral profiles. Each concession is small, incremental, and rarely debated in public.
This project documents it. Not as opinion pieces or hot takes, but as sourced narratives that stand on their own. Every claim backed by public records. Every quote verified. The format is secondary to the facts.
## Format
Each sequence opens with a terminal-style hook — a short, cinematic text animation that sets the tone. It then unfolds into a full editorial article: sourced, citable, and linkable per paragraph. A data section provides cross-source comparisons so readers can see the full picture without relying on a single index.
Most content about digital freedom uses the same formula: talking head + stock footage + AI voiceover. This project strips all of that away. What remains is the raw narrative. The facts do the heavy lifting.
## Global snapshot
The landing page includes a cross-source comparison of countries by digital freedom, sourced from three independent assessments with different methodologies — Freedom House (Freedom on the Net), V-Dem Institute (Digital Society Index), and Reporters Without Borders (Press Freedom Index). Scores are displayed on their original scales so methodological differences are visible at a glance.
## Sequences
Each sequence is a standalone narrative — read at your own pace, link to specific paragraphs, explore the data.
| Sequence | Theme | Status |
|----------|-------|--------|
| [freedom-report](sequences/freedom-report.html) | The state of personal freedoms — data, quotes, call to action | Available |
| pegasus | NSO Group, Pegasus spyware, and who gets watched | Planned |
| encryption-wars | Five Eyes, EU chat control, the backdoor debate | Planned |
| snowden-timeline | Key disclosures, impact, aftermath | Planned |
| data-brokers | Who sells your data, how it's aggregated, opt-out illusions | Planned |
This is a living archive. New sequences will be added as the story develops.
## License
MIT