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⌦ Keep the Internet free!

Sun, 30 Aug 2026 16:29:00 +0200

“The structure of power behaves like a spider that weaves its web to catch and immobilize insects; but those very insects, moving along the threads of the same web, can use it from below as a tool to connect with one another, to communicate and to organize their liberation.”

Aldo Braibanti

There was a dream, in the beginning. The net as a horizontal space, as a fabric of non-hierarchical connections, where knowledge circulated freely and voices did not need permission to be heard. The dream became reality, and then something broke. From two sides, simultaneously.

Press Release

Fri, 28 Aug 2026 09:00:00 +0200

1. Quick summary

On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, through OFAC (Office of Foreign Assets Control – the authority responsible for managing and enforcing economic and financial sanctions) sanctioned Autistici/Inventati (A/I), an Italian collective that has been providing digital infrastructure – email, hosting, mailing lists, chat, videoconferencing, streaming, and services related to privacy and anonymity – to movements and activists since 2001. Washington designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), alleging that it has provided financial, material or technological support to terrorism and to organizations already subjected to sanctions. A/I rejects the allegations and declares that its activities consist in providing tools for digital self-defence and infrastructure for the freedom of communication.

Statement by A/I COLLECTIVE about US sanctions

Wed, 26 Aug 2026 10:00:00 +0000

Today we were made aware that the US Government has targeted a small, volunteer-run, technology collective from Italy with disproportionate sanctions as anyone can read in the Treasury Department Statement, the State Department Statement and the related Executive Order.

We deny all allegations included in the statements, while we strongly affirm our dedication to providing a platform of tools for digital self-defense, addressing the need of free communication for activists and other individuals, groups and associations.