When Free Speech Collides with Government Power The US government has designated a 15 year old Italian tech collective, Autistici/Inventati (A/I), as a terror organisation.
This move has forced the collective offline and sent shockwaves through its user base of 16,000 mailboxes, 1,500 websites, 5,500 mailing lists, and 10,000 blogs.
Founded in 2001, A/I provided a suite of services designed to protect users from corporate or state scrutiny.