Italian technology collective Autistici/Inventati (A/I) said on Sunday it would shut down its services after a U.S. terrorism designation led to the suspension ​of its .org domain and the closure of its bank account.

The volunteer-run provider, founded in 2001, offers privacy-focused email, websites, mailing lists ​and blogging services to activists, campaigners and others seeking alternatives to ​commercial platforms.

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[–] 2 points 1 day ago (1 child)

Why? Can't they operate for the rest of the world?

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  • [–] 25 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    Without a bank account and domain name?

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  • [–] 14 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    And they are also being targeted by US sponsored hackers so it's impossibile to keep services up this way. I hope this is a wake up call for someone but I don't think so.

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  • [–] 2 points 23 hours ago*

    I hope this is a wake up call for someone

    Sure... a call for our corrupt politicians to increase their prices because it again became a bit harder to sell us out without affecting public opinion. Not that they actually care about the latter, but getting reelected means getting paid by their actual employers longer.

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  • [–] 0 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    There is no registrar left, like e.g. .ml was open for everybody? With crypto and Chinese banks, the banking should be possible.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 day ago* (3 children)

    It doesn't really matter if the registrar is .eu, .de or whatever. If US really wants to fuck you they are just gonna knock on ICANN door. As far as I know there is no escaping ICANN, that's still at the top of every domain, period.

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  • [–] 9 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    But then the EU has to take care of it. If we want IT independence and the US can ban any domain then it doesn't matter what else we do. Or rather, I think we don't actually aim for independence.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 day ago* (1 child)

    Thousands of people would need to switch their website urls and email addresses. At that point its pointless for people to stay with them. Easier to make a clean fresh start.

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