A/I stands for Autistici/Inventati.
A/I (Autistici/Inventati, pronounced [au’tistiʧi]-[iŋ’vɛntati], or [iŋvɛn’tati]) was born in 2001 from an encounter of individuals and collectives of the autonomous anticapitalist movement interested in technology and active in the digital rights struggle. We believe that this world is far from being the best world possible. We react by providing a platform and tools for digital self-defense addressing the need of free communication for activists and other individuals.
The day we discovered we had been designated a global terrorist organization, we promised that we would try to resist as long as this was possible, that we would not back down as long as we could see options to stand our ground.
We cannot engage in a fight or expose ourselves to manipulations that threaten the lives of these people and their loved ones, leaving them at the mercy of autocrats, fascists and agencies that take extra-legal courses of action.
What happened? First their main domain, autistici.org, was blocked globally by the US entity that provides the ".org" TLD. More recently their bank shut down their funds because of caving in to pressure that ultimately comes from the same source.
Full context/statement about the domain shutdown:
https://www.inventati.org/campaign/press
I also made some posts about this earlier. You can probably guess that I've been relying on their services, for a long time. And not even for particularly political reasons - they give email accounts to people who care for privacy and anonymity. Or used to.
They announce this new site:
https://keepitfree.ai/announcements/announcing-https/keepitfree.ai/
Personally I'm just shocked how US policy reaches and impacts my normal peaceful European life.
Fuck the US government. Being AntiFa is not terrorism. Being against AntiFa means you're Fa.
PS: Sorry for posting this to several world news communities. I feel this topic should shake the Fediverse.
Remember:
This can happen to any ".org" domain, and possibly many other TLDs that are controled by entities that are prone to give into US bullying. Or your bank will cave to US pressure.