The US has declared Autistici/Inventati, an Italian anarchist hacker (in the classic sense of the term) collective, a terrorist organization. https://home.treasury.gov/news/press-releases/sb0616/
But what you really ought to read is this article about A/I's history, and what this means https://web.archive.org/web/20260828071449/https://cavallette.noblogs.org/2026/08/10083/2
I'm concerned that the US government is starting to identify decentralized media infrastructure as a threat to its survival. Repost information about this broadly, and if you have media contacts, inform them of counter-narratives; there could come a time where the fediverse, or any decentralized network infrastructure, is a target as well if we don't sound the alarms now.
EDIT: I linked to the wrong page! The second link is now fixed :)
EDIT 2: A/I's domains have been revoked! So added an archive.org link
Not decentralized media per se so much as things it doesn’t control and cannot influence (tiktok for example). It’s about control. They need to have leverage whether it’s ability to arrest the CEO, harass for taxes, or videos of them abusing kids. A way to make them dance to the US tune and shut down those who wander too far from the preferred US narrative beyond approved levels of dissent.
Not decentralized media per se so much as things it doesn’t control and cannot influence (tiktok for example). It’s about control. They need to have leverage whether it’s ability to arrest the CEO, harass for taxes, or videos of them abusing kids. A way to make them dance to the US tune and shut down those who wander too far from the preferred US narrative beyond approved levels of dissent.