What it means to lose Autistici/Inventati

A terrorism designation is forcing Autistici/Inventati to shut down, taking its blogging platform NoBlogs offline with it.

For 25 years, A/I has given activists like me a place to share our thoughts, but now it is being treated as a threat. Noblogs.org might not be online anymore when you read this. On August 26 A/I sent out an announcement that the US government had declared them to be supporters of terrorism. According to a press release by the State Department. “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.” The collective quickly rejected the allegations and wrote that they “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.”