| Stella Aster via nettime-l on Mon, 7 Sep 2026 10:41:28 +0200 (CEST) |
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| Re: <nettime> A/I Closes - Remaining Human |
Stella ✨ On 06/09/2026 17:01, Patrice Riemens via nettime-l wrote:
Ciao, The Curtain has fallen: https://keepitfree.ai/it/announcements/a/i-chiude-restare-umani/ A/I Closes – Remaining Human 6 September 2026 As soon as we discovered we had been placed on the list of global terrorist organisations, we wrote, declared and promised that we would try to resist for as long as possible, that we would not give up as long as we saw any legal possibilities. We have proudly maintained and defended a free, confidential, autonomous and, above all, partisan infrastructure. For us, ‘remaining human’ is not merely a slogan. It means that, first and foremost, it is the users – the people who build the human networks on which we rely and the communities that have showered us with messages of love and solidarity – who must be protected. We cannot accept a confrontation or allow ourselves to be exploited in ways that endanger their lives, the lives of their loved ones, leaving them at the mercy of autocrats, fascists and agencies acting outside the law. The very real possibility of causing criminal or financial consequences for someone close to us, or even someone who merely interacts with us, leaves us with no other choice. A/I is closing down. The Autistici/Inventati collective is closing down and will suspend all services in the short term. There is no easy way to say this or to explain it. Every day we have remained online since 26 August has been a victory, but we must stop today. None of us has any sympathy for heroic gestures, let alone martyrs, so we will neither engage in nor call for them. In the current climate, continuing to offer our services poses yet another danger to our users and to everyone who is part of our communities. In a world of accusations divorced from the facts, we can only expect further disproportionate repression. This makes it impossible for us to maintain our original project: to offer safe, non-commercialised tools. It has been 25 wonderful years. It has been a ‘beautiful story’. Now put down your computers, go out, fight, hug one another and don’t lose your smile. Because we are stopping. But the resistance and the ideas will not. Let’s remain human. Very soon we will explain how to save the content of blogs, emails, websites and provide other technical advice. However, always bear in mind that, just as the autistici.org domain was shut down without any warning, there may be other similar problems in the meantime that we are unable to foresee. Autistici/Inventati Collective Translated with DeepL.com (free version)
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