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Designation of Autistici/Inventati as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist

https://www.state.gov/releases/office-of-the-spokesperson/2026/08/designation-of-autistici-inventati-as-a-specially-designated-global-terrorist/
38•23loops•55m ago

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sybercecurity•36m ago
Declaring a group of "hackers" as global terrorists? Mark off that spot on your Cyberpunk Dystopia Bingo cards.
mdb333•32m ago
Siamo tutti antifascisti!
kelseyfrog•26m ago
Why can't capitalism be judged on its own merits? Why do we need the state to get involved in shaping hegemony?
deepfriedchokes•17m ago
You know the answer. There’s a reason the state considers antifa a threat.
antonvs•15m ago
Capitalism has been judged on its own merits, and been found to be a ridiculously simplistic, unworkable system that tends toward oligarchy, massive inequality, and authoritarianism.

The state needs to get involved to protect the unworkable system.

matkoniecz•8m ago
Worth noting that at scale larger than family/clan/tribe it beats communism and feudalism on all relevant - to people - metrics.

(though unconstrained capitalism is not ideal)

> unworkable system

? unconstrained pure capitalism has bad effects, but it is not unworkable unlike say pure communism applied at scale larger than a family

skeledrew•11m ago
Capitalism "needs to win", but there's no way it can without being ruthlessly forced upon people. Heck even forcing it is just delaying the inevitable decline/crash.
freitasm•25m ago
Of course the fascists in power have a problem with real freedom.
totallygeeky•25m ago
Wish they would pay this sort of attention to the violent right-wing groups in the US, but of course that would put too many cops and ICE agents in prison for their liking.

Anyway, wouldn't be a day ending in -y if this presidency wasn't yelling about "far-left terrorists".

rootsudo•17m ago
In two years and 2 months regime change will swing it back.
jackb4040•11m ago
And the culture of hacker news will follow suit, woke 3.0
ranger_danger•7m ago
And then it will swing back again... some say the two-party system is simply broken
mcmcmc•15m ago
They pay plenty of attention, that’s their recruiting pool
xrd•19m ago
Rose City Antifa: Oregon gets a shout out. Seriously.
superkuh•18m ago
The 2001 AUMF (authorization of us of military force) needs to be repealed so that these "special designations" are no longer allowed and war has to be declared. The US federal government will still perform the same acts but at least after the 2001 AUMF is repealed they'll have to go back to secret assassinations. Instead of flouting it in semi-public with the executive disposition matrix system.
turcogutierrez•17m ago
Where's "antifa" headquarters, exactly? Who's their leader? And who's 2nd in command?
steve1977•8m ago
That always reminds me of a graffiti I saw once, which simply commanded "Anarchy!"... the irony of which got a bit lost on the artist I think...
jayGlow•6m ago
having a hierarchy like that would make the group easier to deal with. similar groups use cell structures or leaderless approaches. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leaderless_resistance
Saline9515•5m ago
An organization doesn't have to be centralized, just like communists weren't. This is a lazy argument.
mjhay•16m ago
Beyond parody
impossiblefork•15m ago
Very strange to decide to only supply a communications system to people ideologically aligned with one. That seems like it would make one stand out to an undesirable degree, and it makes me wonder whether these groups actually do this, or whether they're setting others up. If this is correct I almost whether they're going after something set up by the Italian government.

Still, it seems like this would likely to be protected under the US first amendment, and it would probably be reasonable to bring legal action in the US to avoid silly stuff happening in Europe, when this in inevitably used to send goons and annoying infiltrators across the sea to Italy and Europe.

iamnothere•13m ago
It’s fairly common, given the presence of Disroot and Riseup. The problem for political groups is that they can’t necessarily trust non-aligned hosts not to betray them. A warrant is one thing, you have to comply regardless, but non-aligned hosts may hand over data upon request even if there is no warrant.
Saline9515•9m ago
A/I vets users on its platform, which has been used to organize terrorist attacks by the radical left.

It's not end-to-end encrypted, and given how the Antifa networks are structured, it's very likely that they knew what was going on.

It's deserved and Antifas are the first ones to try to cancel/kill/hurt/intimidate who they judge are their enemies, so I won't shed a tear on those people.

iamnothere•15m ago
Well this is concerning, hopefully they aren’t planning to go after Disroot and Riseup as well. The ability to access secure hosting shouldn’t depend on political orientation.
john_strinlai•8m ago
>A/I’s cadre of radical hackers and tech developers provide a full spectrum of services – including encrypted chats and email, web hosting, secure video conferencing and streaming, anonymity shields, and a suite of other technological tools [...] while remaining anonymous, untraceable, and beyond the reach of the law.

ignoring the political leanings, this type of rhetoric will certainly be used to further the campaign against encryption, bolster the case for id verification requirements, etc. it paints the use of everyday normal tools: email, web hosting, etc. as inherently bad if they are private.

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