Ignore my previous post. This wasn’t due to those permissions I posted. Anki works perfectly right up until the point where I start a Freedom ( www.freedom.to ) session. The issue was resolved after I restarted my PC.
I discovered that I got the following error:

The error only appears when I have a Freedom session running.
If I end the Freedom session via Task Manager, I then get the following error from Anki:

Which doesn’t go away until I restart my PC. The problem then begins again once I start a new Freedom session. I emailed Freedom support team to ask for a solution. This issue doesn’t occur on AnkiDroid, even though the exact same Freedom session is running on my phone.

Disabling firewalls and antiviruses does nothing.

EDIT:

I found this “Non-proxy mode” in the Freedom settings and enabled it to see what happens:
image 784×474 40.5 KB So it appears as though my problem has been resolved. I’m now able to use Anki during a Freedom session. So I suggest other Freedom users to enable this option in their Freedom settings if they want to use Anki.

It’s just weird how this Freedom “proxy” remains even if I force-close Freedom from Task Manager and how it doesn’t go away until I restart my PC.