<nettime> Sovereignty Shutdown - No Infrastructure is Safe: The US sanctions of Autistici / Inventati

[Tatiana Bazzichelli via nettime-l <nettime-l@lists.nettime.org>]

Dear all,

I would like to invite all of you to our next event: "Sovereignty 
Shutdown - No Infrastructure is Safe: The US sanctions of 
Autistici / Inventati", that will take place this Saturday 31 October at 
Stadtwerkstatt (Berlin), Karl-Liebknecht-Straße 11 from 17.00 to 19.30.

On August 26, 2026, the United States Department of State under the 
leadership of Secretary Rubio designated the Italian hacktivist 
collective Autistici/Inventati as a “global terrorist group”, alleging 
that it provided support to radical violent actions. This act was 
conducted without any actual legal process neither in the EU or in the 
US and, following the freezing of A/I bank accounts and users’ donations 
by Banca Etica, the collective was forced to shut down after 25 years of 
activity. Autistici/Inventati was a non-profit association born in Italy 
in April 2001, with the aim to provide free, independent platforms for 
digital self-defense and safe channels of communication to activists and 
creatives. They provided 20,000 email accounts, 10,000 blogs on the 
NoBlogs platform, 5,000 mailing lists, and 1,500 websites. Their work 
was based on principles of anti-fascism, anti-racism, anti-sexism, 
anti-homophobia, anti-transphobia, anti-militarism, and non-commercialism.

What do these sanctions mean for German independent tech infrastructures 
and open-source networks? Why is the case of Autistici/Inventati so 
relevant both in Germany, Europe and worldwide? Are there measures to 
counter these threats? And if yes, what could they be?

We will involve a variety of experts to discuss these issues, and open 
the debate to the public.

The event is not recorded and not streamed. Join us if you are in Berlin!

More info here:
https://www.disruptionlab.org/event/sovereignty-shutdown-autistici-inventati

Register here:
https://tickets.disruptionlab.org/
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Tatiana Bazzichelli // Artistic Director
Disruption Network Lab
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