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.
This is why EU needs financial and tech sovereignty.
Two days later, autistici.org became unreachable after Public Interest Registry (PIR), the U.S.-based operator of the .org domain, placed it on serverHold status. PIR said it was legally required to suspend the domain following the designation.
Banca Etica, an Italian lender where the collective held an account, subsequently suspended the account, citing sanctions-related risks. The bank criticised what it described as the use of U.S. sanctions for political purposes.
This is how it works. All they have to do is but you on that list and the whole US-linked and dollar-linked system takes you out of the economy.
they did so much good. this is sad.
I hate this so much
This is so bad. After blackblogs’ closure, is there any free wordpress hosting service left for left-wing projects? Where to move noblogs.org blogs?
Why? Can’t they operate for the rest of the world?