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The Autistici/Inventati (A/I) collective is shutting down after 25 years of providing privacy-focused internet services, citing political repression and the danger to its users and communities after being designated a terrorist organization.
Autistici/inventati's manifesto outlines their principles for free internet communication, open-source advocacy, and non-hierarchical collective action to defend digital rights and resist commercial and political control.
The article recounts the history of Italian hacker collective Autistici/Inventati and their recent designation as a terrorist organization by the US, highlighting the threat to their communication infrastructure and digital rights.
A European Citizens' Initiative titled 'Stop Killing the Internet' opposes the introduction of mandatory digital ID and age verification measures, arguing they threaten online freedom and privacy.
A global movement opposing government restrictions on the open internet, launching a website to track censorship efforts and partner with digital rights organizations.
A blog post examines the coordinated global push for internet surveillance and censorship, and laments that public will to fight for internet freedoms has waned as the internet has become more centralized, contrasting with past mass movements like the SOPA protests.
MasterDnsVPN is an open-source project that survived Iran's 99% internet shutdown by routing traffic through DNS queries, evading all firewalls.
An opinion piece arguing that mandatory age verification laws, such as Australia's social media ban for under-16s, threaten privacy by forcing users to hand over sensitive data like IDs to third parties, while the law itself is shown to be ineffective.
Elon Musk endorses Mike Solana's claim that the British government's push to remove online anonymity is about punishing dissent, not protecting young people.
The article argues that global efforts to mandate age verification for social media, ostensibly to protect children, actually risk enabling widespread government surveillance and control over the internet, undermining privacy and democratic rights.