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Trump admininistration has designated the Italian pro-privacy and anticapitalist collective Autistici/Inventati - which creates and maintains open-source software—a “terrorist organization” (thelemmy.club)
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https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/imposing-sanctions-on-violent-far-left-terrorist-groups/

https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616

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[–] -2 points 3 days ago (9 children)

I have no context here. Is this true though?

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/

The anarchist cells responsible for sabotaging rail systems across France, Italy, Germany, and the Netherlands in 2026, relied on A/I Collective tools and services to claim responsibility for the attacks, publish official communiqués, and disseminate manuals for constructing improvised incendiary devices to target railways and other critical infrastructure.

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  • [–] 22 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    Anyways in the US Section 230 of whatever law prevents companies and organizations from being liable for content users post to their websites. How is this any different than FB hosting the breeding grounds for Proud Boys et al, other than them not being a US company and them being leftist-aligned?

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago

    I speak to a friend about antifascism as we take the subway to the job. That absolutely makes the subway a terrorist organization!!!!!! Thank your for your attention to this matter. SDF User Not‑yet‑President lambalicious (verified™).

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago (1 child)

    I'd argue it doesn't matter. If they offer e2ee email, they can't be aware of the content of any messages exchanged.

    Unless they were informed one of their email accounts belonged to someone convicted of committing an actual act of domestic terror, they would be completely in the dark about who's using their email services.

    Given its this US state department issuing the statement, I wouldn't believe any accusation leveled at all without proof. I'd need to see evidence that A/I knowingly provided services to a convicted domestic terrorist for me to believe this is anything other than trying to stamp out E2EE.

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  • [–] 0 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    If it was e2e anonymous services, I would agree completely, however their policy indicates it's different. They apparently selectively choose who and what to host. It's not even clear it's encrypted.

    I'm not arguing that they are guilty or bad, but rather that this is different from a bad actor using Proton over For.

    A/I merely selects and filters the individuals to whom the Services are delivered to in order to reduce the risk of violations of our policies. By preventively asking to submit a written statement of intents, we can evaluate the affinity of every Service request from potential new users before any account is approved; the aforementioned statements are always evaluated in person by an appointee of A/I and deleted right after the request process is terminated.

    Every written statement always undertakes a non-automated process of case-by-case examination, occasionally involving some follow-up questions and observations that the appointee will send to the requestor in dialogue via a dedicated webpage.

    https://www.autistici.org/who/policy

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  • [–] 9 points 3 days ago* (1 child)

    So they have a TOS like Facebook or any other large platform, and reserve the right to refuse service?

    Unless they're knowingly doing business with a known convicted terrorist, I fail to see how this makes them a terrorist support platform.

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  • [–] -3 points 3 days ago (2 children)

    Yeah. I'm not suggesting TOS indicates guilt, but just the "I can't control my users" argument is void.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago* (2 children)

    May I ask why FB, Twitter, etc. get protection from liability from 3rd party content under Section 230 of the Communications Act but these folks don't? They both have a TOS and reserve the right to refuse service.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

    Capitalist business vs. anti-capitalist activism. What's happening is repression by a capitalist state against antifascist organisation, nobody cares about laws.
    The antifascist structures can't effectively work inside the rules of a system designed by and for capitalists and the law (in this case) does not exactly include foreign structures. The US (and its corpos) does all kinds of unlawful things outside of its borders, if you haven't noticed. However, the law shields domestic corporations from foreign laws, as they are usually headquartered in the US and only need to adhere to US law as this is only applied domestically.

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  • [–] 7 points 2 days ago (1 child)

    These sabotages had been so inconsequential that I had not even hear about them. On the other hand...

    https://www.dw.com/en/germany-left-wing-group-says-it-is-behind-railway-sabotage/a-77916758

    This might be controversial, but I find that protesting the environmental damage of western industrialization by attacking public transport... Is a very special type is stupid.

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  • [–] 8 points 2 days ago

    That was the most blatant false flag attempt I’ve ever seen. I can’t believe anyone takes this supposed group, that speaks worse German than I do, as anything other than a poorly disguised Russian proxy attack. Of course it plays in Ami interests as well.

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  • [–] 7 points 3 days ago

    I don't know, but the people making this charge routinely deflect any criticism about the manufacture and sale of guns in the USA by stating that guns are just tools and it's individuals who commit crimes, not the tools they use or create.

    Hypocrisy in the Republican party is not a bug, it's a feature.

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