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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” (lemmy.nz)
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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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[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 33 points 2 days ago

https://autistici.org/who/manifesto

Seems pretty great to me. MSFT and friends must be unhappy Europe is slowly moving off US software.

[-] ayyy@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

I can’t reach that server from the USA. The Great American Firewall has begun. I hate this shitty country.

[-] assaultpotato@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago

Whois still has the DNS record but it doesn't resolve for me either at this point. I can't resolve it using dns.leonet.it either so presumably the sanctions have taken effect and their internet service has been cut off.

[-] amelore@slrpnk.net 5 points 2 days ago

Those are two separate things. European companies and governments move from Teams/OneDrive to Nextcloud, and stuff like that.

But autistici/inventati is intended for activists, not the general public, and as they mention not for companies either.

[-] doben@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago

Our principles are fairly straightforward: the world should not be run on money, should be rooted in solidarity, community, mutual help, equal rights and freedom, and social justice.

That's not "Europe slowly moving off US software". Projects like these exist to protect against European state repression, as they exist to protect against any state repression, period. I'd also bet, that their thinking wasn't "we need a European alternative, so the USA can't spy on us". So yes, it's great, there are other projects similar to this one in other countries, as well, but your take doesn't make much sense.

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