From Autistici/Inventati
On August 26, 2026, the U.S. Department of the Treasury, through OFAC - the bureau that manages and enforces economic and financial sanctions -, sanctioned Autistici/Inventati (A/I), an Italian collective that since 2001 has provided digital infrastructure to movements and activists: email, hosting, mailing lists, chat, videoconferencing, streaming, and services related to privacy and anonymity. Washington designated it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist (SDGT), claiming that it provided financial, material or technological support to terrorism and to organizations already under sanctions. A/I rejects the accusations and maintains that its work consists of providing tools for digital self-defense and infrastructure for the freedom of communication.