Autistici/Inventati (A/I) was an Italian hacktivist group that provided Internet communication services for left-wing activists.[1] It was founded in 2001 by members of the anti-globalisation movement and supported Indymedia Italy in reporting on the 27th G8 summit in Genoa that year.[1][2] The collective's email, messaging, videoconferencing and web hosting services were available to users who opposed fascism, militarism, racism, sexism, homophobia and transphobia.[3] A/I also operated the online publishing platform NoBlogs.[4]
Designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist - United States Department of State
Today, the Department of State, in partnership with the Department of the Treasury, is announcing the designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Autistici/Inventati (A/I Collective) is an Italy-based extremist group that builds and operates the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other far-left militants across the world. A/I’s cadre of radical […]
Press Release · Keep the Internet free
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 and other privacy-friendly online services – 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.
autistici.org - Who we are
Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements
Press Release · Keep the Internet free
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.
autistici.org - Keep the Net open!
Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements
autistici.org - Keep the Net open!
Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements
Nineteen Days Before the Deadline, Autistici/Inventati Is Shutting Down
The Italian communications collective survived raids, surveillance and server seizures for 25 years. Eleven days after the United States designated it a global terrorist organization, A/I says the risk to its users has become too great to…
Open Letter: Communications Infrastructure Is Not Terrorism
Defend Autistici/Inventati and the right to build resistant communication *Letter for individuals to send to their reps, senators, and the like is at the end of this article* On August 26, 2026, the United States designated the Italian volunteer technology collective Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist
A Network Called "Resistance": An Interview with Autistici/Inventati
A NETWORK CALLED RESISTANCE: AN INTERVIEW WITH AUTISTICI/INVENTATI Days after the United States designated the twenty-five-year-old Italian communications collective Autistici/Inventati under Executive Order 13224, A/I answered Sabot Media…
Nineteen Days Before the Deadline, Autistici/Inventati Is Shutting Down
Follow all the original reporting at sabot.media and our dedicated campaign page and investigations page. The Italian communications collective survived raids, surveillance and server seizures for 25 years. Eleven days after the United States designated it a global terrorist organization, A/I says the risk to its users has
Open Letter: Communications Infrastructure Is Not Terrorism
Defend Autistici/Inventati and the right to build resistant communication On August 26, 2026, the United States designated the Italian volunteer technology collective Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist and place…
Protest Against the U.S. Government’s Crackdown on Autistici/Inventati
On Wednesday, August 26, the U.S. government (Department of the Treasury, Department of State) imposed sanctions on “Autistici/Inventati” (hereinafter abbreviated as A/I), a small Internet service provider for a volunteer-run movement in Italy, on suspicion of providing services to terrorist organizations. According to the State Department, it is “an Italy-based extremist group that builds and operates the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other far-left militants across the world.” The sanctions include the freezing of the organization’s assets under U.S. jurisdiction; prohibiting all U.S. citizens from engaging in transactions with the organization; prohibiting financial institutions and others from conducting transactions with the organization; and prohibiting donations, as well as the provision of funds, goods, or services to the organization.
EDRi stands in solidarity with Autistici/Inventati after “terrorist” designation by the US government - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
The United States government has designated the Italian non-profit organisation Autistici/Inventati as a "Specially Designated Global Terrorist" for providing digital infrastructure. EDRi stands in full solidarity with A/I.
autistici.org - Press Release – August 28, 2026
Autistici/Inventati provides internet support to activists and collectives coming from the world of grassroot and social movements
The Server Called Paranoia: Defend Autistici/Inventati Before September 25
Defend Autistici/Inventati
Autistici/Inventati
Autistici/Inventati (A/I) and their US designation as a “terrorist” organization on August 26, 2026. If you just want to look at one link, try this one: sabot.media/investigations/autistici-inve… (Side note that I don’t support Spotify, but I do want the links classified and embedded as audio cards)
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autistici.org - Who we are
Il leviatano tecnofascista. Il caso Autistici/Inventati
Le sanzioni americane al collettivo italiano “Autistici/Inventati”
State Department Advances Trump Crackdown on ‘Far-Left Terrorism’
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