Unfortunately they can block services in the Internet, and this federation will consist of Internet services that can be blocked. There’s no need to go a level above that.

It’s like in the olden days kings couldn’t eavesdrop on everyone, so many people could conspire in secret against them. But with time recording devices, listening devices (including some very smart ones not requiring electricity), secret police organization methods emerged.

You can’t say that an open federated system will help, just like you can’t say that street gossip will help.

What we might need is a resilient multimodal communication system for revolutions of the future. Making weapons is now a bit more accessible than in 1917 or 1813 or … , but the coordination of any kind of revolutionaries is less competitive against states than then.

With functionality including tracking cops and politicians.