I highly recommend finding onion services on tor to replace your clearnet services when at all possible. That way you're not leaving the tor network at all. And there is no need for an exit to the clearnet at any point in the route.

Taiwan. Ranks high on internet freedom and is close by.

It's only a matter of time before this is everywhere. It's spreading like the plague it is. When it finally gets down to just the last few providers, they'll be watching them like a hawk.

We need some kind of peer-to-peer network with plausible deniability built-in. like you decrypt all the chunks forward and you get segments of Linux ISOs. And if you decrypt them backwards, you get the actual payload. Old school Vera Crypt style.

Nevermind found the answer: https://aussie.zone/post/24667340

I wish there was a more clear answer to this question. I certainly don't have it but yes there are servers in Africa.

This is the real problem. As more and more countries push for laws like this I think sites will just adopt blanket age-verification for simplicity's sake instead of having to constantly keep track of which countries/states in countries require it