Ive been floating starting a specific resource website for a while, but have been wondering how you keep yourself safe, and the site online, given how motivated trans activists are to get this information taken down.

I have some web development and coding knowledge, and have managed the web presence for a few places I've worked for. I would normally feel confident starting something, but the safety issues have given me pause.

1. Are there web hosts that are better for free speech reasons, that won't take your content off the web if people complain, or wont rat you out to their trans tech friends? I know some hosts advertise themselves this way, but I dont know if all are reliable or if their claims are true. There are a few located in countries in the EU, where Im not sure if they would be legally obligated to treat GC views as hate speech.

2. I know you shouldnt put your name on the domain registration, and many people use a company to hide their details, how do you do this?

3. How do you pay for everything without your payment details potentially outing you to bad actors, in the companies you are using? Will I have to start buying bitcoins... lol

4. How do you protect against DDoS attacks and hacking attempts, if you are inexperienced with cyber security? Is cloudflare still trustable after the kiwifarms debacle?

5. Can you trust third party software, things like Wordpress used to build websites, databases, blogs, eCommerce sites, etc.? It seems like they could cancel your ability to use their services, if they didn't like what you were doing, even if you hosted on your own servers. Should I go totally open source on all of this, are there third party software out there that is less likely to cut me off?

6. How do you handle legal claims, if say you have a resource that reports on trans issues, about defamation or hate speech? What if someone makes a false copyright claim, because you quoted the content of something they wrote, or idk used a photograph they had taken as a headshot to identify the subject of an article? What if it's an international claim? Should I have a lawyer? Ive never had to hire a lawyer for anything and dont know how that works, especially about a topic like this.

7. How much money should I expect to run a basic website, say something that compiles links to GC writings, or a lesbian centered resource educating about trans issues? Given that there are extra security and hosting considerations. I'm not talking about something that is hosting huge files like video, or running a lot of code or storing crap tons of data (i.e. a social media site like ovarit).

Are there any guides generally about this sort of thing? Like maybe ones for people online under repressive governments, or anonymous reporting, that kind of thing. Has anyone successfully done this before themselves, and are willing to give advice?