Autistici/Inventati's main .org domain goes dark after US terrorism designation

subvol 138 points 97 comments August 28, 2026
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Discussion Highlights (13 comments)

asveikau

I had no idea what this is, Google said: > Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements. US administration says: > https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616 > ... an Italy-based entity that supplies specialized digital architecture, tools, and services for Antifa cells and other violent far-left extremists ...

SSLy

whoo hooo, I've had an unused account there. guess I'm on yet another list, woe betide me.

K0balt

lol. In case you didn’t notice, dissent is terrorism, failure to kiss the ring is treason, and if you want to play in the US market there are some cryptocurrency purchases you might want to do, as a hedge against unfavorable tariffs. Also, for only 100KUSD you can join the official US insider trading chat. I wish any of this was an exaggeration.

idiotsecant

So the US government now owns all emails coming into accounts on this domain.

idiotsecant

Once again, the crime is providing encrypted email accounts, chat and video conferencing. Uncle Sam really, really, really wants to terrify as many providers are possible into letting them peek into your personal correspondence. This is why decentralized end to end encryption methods are so important

swed420

Related discussion U.S. Sanctions Against the a/I Collective https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477854 US sanctions Italian hosting provider Autistici Inventati https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49451343 US Government designates host of noblogs.org a "global terrorist" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49464391

mikojan

Everybody and their grandmother uses their services. Are you organizing a non-profit rehearsal space? Create a mailing list there. This is grim. I guess this only works because those are foreign servers so freedom of speech does not apply but Italy is doing their bidding?

judiisis

basically they provide self hosted foss encrypted services which the US Govt didnt like https://www.inventati.org/services/

RobotToaster

What do we do now it's becoming clear that ICANN can't be trusted?

ChrisArchitect

[dupe] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49477854

lifestyleguru

American lunatics fighting with Italian punkabbestia on a yacht, all surrounded with confetti from Russian money. You guys want some prosecco ?

nazgulsenpai

We are still living in the shadow of the world the Patriot Act created and continues to shape. The most consequential legislation of my lifetime.

poetaster

Is it just dark on the NA side if the pond? I still see it just fine...

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