alt Hacker NewsI got that impression too. Gatekeeping sensitive information is not necessarily bad, but the entire thing is sketchy. For example, is it legal or ethical for this group to have Washington Post data that was leaked or stolen? Are we really supposed to be against something called "Free Speech Union" because of the owners having controversial views? There is clearly a political angle to most of the stuff I've seen at a glance, and a lot of politics on one side only.
Most evil groups have "good" and "innocent" names in order to attract a following. The "Worker's Party of Korea" sounds like a great party for all Koreans out there to vote on. Likewise, the "National Socialist German Workers' Party" sounds, on paper, like a great political party for the German labourers out there.
Unfortunately, both the WPK and the NSDAP are very evil organisations, with no real intentions of helping actual workers, but the names of their organisations wouldn't reveal that.
You can't look at the name of an organisation to find out what their values and hidden agendas are. Names are the most valuable assets in any effective propaganda, and should therefore be seen as completely untrustworthy.
The "Free Speech Union" don't just have "controversial views", they are actively spreading disinformation about COVID-19 vaccines.