The US has declared Autistici/Inventati, an Italian anarchist hacker (in the classic sense of the term) collective, a terrorist organization. home.treasury.gov/news/press-r

But what you really ought to read is this article about A/I's history, and what this means web.archive.org/web/2026082807

I'm concerned that the US government is starting to identify decentralized media infrastructure as a threat to its survival. Repost information about this broadly, and if you have media contacts, inform them of counter-narratives; there could come a time where the fediverse, or any decentralized network infrastructure, is a target as well if we don't sound the alarms now.

EDIT: I linked to the wrong page! The second link is now fixed :)

EDIT 2: A/I's domains have been revoked! So added an archive.org link

U.S. Department of the TreasuryU.S. Department of the TreasuryTreasury Takes Action Against Violent Far-Left Terrorist NetworksWASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action to counter the growing threat posed by violent far-left terrorist groups. OFAC sanctioned Autistici Inventati, an Italy-based entity that supplies specialized digital architecture, tools, and …

Replying to @⁨cwebber@social.coop⁩

@cwebber

"there could come a time where the fediverse, or any decentralized network infrastructure, is a target as well if we don't sound the alarms now."

There will be a time, "I guarantee it" if these overlords aren't stopped, plan on it being very real. They're doing whatever they like acting like a mob with no restraints, as they have NONE.

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