- Sources: primary, discussion
- Summary: The Treasury release dated 2026-08-26 states OFAC designated Autistici Inventati under Executive Order 13224 as amended, alongside Palestine Action and Masar Badil. It describes the entity as Italy-based and as providing website hosting on foreign servers, encrypted email accounts, chat and video conferencing, and the digital architecture behind its Noblogs platform, and designates it for having materially assisted or provided technological support to an act of terrorism. The release states that all property and interests in property of the designated person in the United States or held by US persons are blocked and must be reported, and that entities owned 50 percent or more by blocked persons are also blocked.
- Why it matters: A hosting, email, and blogging provider is now a blocked person, so US persons are generally prohibited from transacting with it, which turns a hosting decision into a sanctions decision for anyone who pays for, peers with, or depends on it.
- Follow-up: Reports that the collective's .org domain went dark rest on a Mastodon post this run did not resolve and are not stated here. Track whether a further Treasury press release amends or removes this designation.
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