@cwebber
Sorry if that's a stupid question: That revocation… was it possible because of .org being a US-based company? Is revoking a US-based domain name easier than others from somewhere else?

@cwebber more back on this https://www.wewillfreeus.org/the-server-called-paranoia-defend-autistici-inventati-before-september-25/

@cwebber
We just had a very interesting season on this at #SoCraTes26

@cwebber https://noblogs.org and https://www.inventati.org have not been revoked. looks like only autistici.org has been affected.

Autistici/Inventati's domains have now been revoked. I updated the link in the above post with a wayback machine copy.

Every now and then someone tells me, "We have a decentralized naming system, it's called DNS!" and I say, no we don't, DNS is extremely centralized? And if that wasn't clear to you before, hopefully it's clear to you today.

@Marloezovic Iets voor NRC?

@cwebber the history link is down 😞

Link is gone. Domain wise.

@cwebber second link still does not work for me. server not found.

@cwebber
> 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.

- As I explained in my quote for this post, alt OSes are already being targeted too, the US is turning into NK, and worst-case, could be locked to a state intranet with its own Red Star OS.

There could be a time also when Linux desktops and laptops are targeted like alt Android phones are being targeted right now.

@cwebber USA=1970s USSR, we became the evil empire we opposed.

@cwebber

This is a threatening development.

I say this with love, even though it's going to sound a lot like hate.

They desperately need a short and sharable description of the problem for people who aren't leftists and don't like leftists.

You know, something that points out why this this a bad thing for everyone, yada yada yada.

That blog post isn't sympathetic at all if you aren't another leftist.

@cwebber Thanks for sharing the news. I tried to donate to A/I about 12 hours ago via Liberapay, but their payment processor PayPal wouldn’t allow me to send money without creating an account, which I was not willing to do.

I tried again just now—and PayPal have locked A/I’s account. I hope no money of theirs got frozen. Let’s hope the Italian banking system is beyond the U.S. government’s reach for now and SEPA transfers still work.

@cwebber see also https://www.reuters.com/business/aerospace-defense/un-rights-office-condemns-us-designation-palestine-action-terrorist-group-2026-08-27/ #scaredtotag #support #palestineaction

And plugging NoBlogs can't harm I guess ?

https://noblogs.org/

Oh, I remember when I created my blog there, the onboarding was not smooth sailing. But if you're a little bit into technology you'd probably fine. 😇

#europe #blogs #blogging #freedom #expression #activism #protest

Folks, how about creating a wiki or blog page where all the links can be put for other websites, magazines, news outlets who posted in solidarity ?

@cwebber It was a target the moment the fascists took power from the people

@cwebber God forbid we don't suck the cock of big tech(TM), our grand overlords ruling with an iron boot of ads, firmly planted in our faces 24/7.

@cwebber

they already stated recently they want to punish criticism against capitalism, and being on fediverse is even not just criticism but a plain attack by not giving meta etc. your data

@cwebber
Can anyone file suit against this? I want to support them financially but apparently that would be a federal felony now?

@cwebber You are correct, their legal strategy is broadly to define all opposition as terrorism. They are attempting to create a narrative that there is an international leftist conspiracy against the USA. It’s a means to then attempt to connect domestic political groups to this international “conspiracy” as a means of targeting them with the state apparatus originally designed for the war on terror.

They’ve been wanting to do something like this since the 1980s.

@cwebber Truth is the enemy of fascism, dictatorship, authoritarians, oligarchs.

@cwebber fun fact about noblogs.org is that (Wordpress) ActivityPub is one of the few pre-installed plugins.

So there are likely a good number of blogs already federating with this space

@cwebber

decentralized media thwarts the power of money (or force) to shape public opinion. the web gave us speech, fedi does it for attention. of course we're a threat.

what annoys me is that we're not taking advantage of our power here. most would rather keep their nice but conservative relatives away than focus moderation only on harassment. we've somehow managed to browse a web full of shitty sites for decades and it didn't become a Nazi bar.

harrumph.

@cwebber thank you for directly posting about this. I think everyone here really needs to rekon with this situation cause it effects us really deeply.

@cwebber

"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."

There will be a time, "I guarantee it" if these overlords aren't stopped, plan on it being very real. They're doing whatever they like acting like a mob with no restraints, as they have NONE.

@cwebber

I wish we HAD some far-left networks! I'd join.

@cwebber meanwhile the idf and the colonization organization in Palestine are not in any western country

@cwebber Backup Fedi on MeshCore... hmm...

@cwebber Very well written. Thank you.

"Stay human."

Trying.

@cwebber Concerned? Anybody that is not them is a target.

@cwebber
Assuming this is becoming a trend in the western world that's accelerating toward the extreme right. What's the strategy for the technical left? Become more decentralized, teach setting up ad-hoc systems? Become more hidden?