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- IRC+SSL

- Gemini servers managed from SSH, these for publishing long text media, unidirectionally Or Gopher from a SSH kiosk from a computer.

- Meshnet based talk applications for Android, FDroid has several

Also, beware with a lot of Belarus protesters, they have ties to former European neo-nazi groups and far right US think-thanks.

Any quality reading you could direct one to on the latter, would be interesting/appreciated!

Meshnet option sounds the most usable for not sophisticated users. Do you remember specific app names?

Wasn't really familiar with Meshnet, but it seems to me that Libremesh[0] can also be a viable alternative

Briar, is at F-Droid.