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Could someone point me to some background on this whole incident or write a quick one? I don't know who they are or what's going on but it seems important.
by arcticfox 22d ago
Could someone point me to some background on this whole incident or write a quick one? I don't know who they are or what's going on but it seems important.
- layer8 22d agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistici/Inventati#United_States_government_sanctions_(2026) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistici/Inventati#United_Sta...
- giov4 22d agoalso for context this is a shorter version and represents well the situation https://www.inventati.org/who/collective https://www.inventati.org/who/collective "After 2005 we have been constantly pestered by prosecutors and security forces (and even by the Vatican! [4]) asking us to hand over users’ data and identities and we are proud to say we were always able to answer: we are sorry, but we do not have them." This is tech guys supporting with infra real freedom of speech! even more important nowadays! jumping to the violent antifa narrative means ignoring a lot of important things.
- hiddencost 22d agoThe US government is labeling anyone who says they're "anti fascist" as terrorists, and shut down a major Italian private email provider using that rationale.
- coldpie 22d agoThe US Republican party has been inventing an increasingly elaborate alternate reality fiction in order to convince their voters to keep voting for policy positions that obviously work against those voters' own interests. One component of this alternate reality is a fictional terrorist organization called "antifa." They claim that anyone who does not align with their policies is a member of this organization. This allows them to use the anti-terrorism laws passed in the wake of 9/11 and similar incidents against their political opponents. The US government claims someone who used the A/I service was a member of this fictional organization, and used those anti-terrorism laws to declare that A/I is supporting terrorism and so threatened sanctions against the banks A/I was using. No access to banking means A/I is shutting down.
- mc32 22d ago[flagged]
- sdenton4 22d ago... But also, there's no organization called antifa, and no antifa members. It's an accusation levied against people the right wing wants to call terrorists.
- mc32 22d ago[flagged]
- vrganj 22d agoBecause opposing fascism gets fascists to target you and people are concerned for their safety.
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- throwaway-11-1 22d ago
- fl0id 22d agothere is a good interview with someone from the collective here: https://sabot.media/post/a-network-called-resistance https://sabot.media/post/a-network-called-resistance
- Reason077 22d agoHere’s a wiki article that I found helpful: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistici/Inventati https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autistici/Inventati “Autistici/Inventati (A/I) is an Italian hacktivist group that provides Internet communication services for left-wing activists. It was founded in 2001 by members of the anti-globalisation movement…”
- petre 22d ago[flagged]
- mitxela 22d agoWhat is your definition of fascist?
- oriettaxx 21d agothis one is a good one, in English, that I see is kept updated https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/28/18888285.php https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2026/08/28/18888285.php