# Autistici Is Shutting Down After a U.S. Terror List. Italy Never Convicted It

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- Episode: S1E31
- Published: 2026-09-07
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## Summary

Autistici/Inventati, the Italian volunteer privacy host since 2001, said on 6 September it is shutting down all services, eleven days after the U.S. listed it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Italy has not convicted it. Public Interest Registry put autistici.org on hold, PayPal seized funds, and the group fo

## Show notes

Autistici/Inventati, the Italian volunteer privacy host since 2001, said on 6 September it is shutting down all services, eleven days after the U.S. listed it as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. Italy has not convicted it. Public Interest Registry put autistici.org on hold, PayPal seized funds, and the group folded before the 25 September wind-down license expired. Also: Nitter and XCancel are back after an X cease-and-desist, with no withdrawn letter and the unofficial API still the product; OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki says no lab can keep scaling at full speed, three days after Astra shipped; and Liquid paused after about 4,000 bitcoin left the federation wallet through an approval path it says was not a stolen key. The side of tech news nobody talks about. Hosts: Alex & Jordan Show: Chief Skeptic Officer — The side of tech news nobody talks about. Drop: Daily at 7:00 A.M. America/New_York Episode date: 2026-09-07 In this episode List first, court later — Autistici/Inventati said on 6 Sept it will discontinue all services. The U.S. listed it on 26 Aug. PIR put autistici.org on hold. EDRi reports 16,000 mailboxes. A wind-down license ran to 25 Sept. They shut early. Product back, letter still there — Nitter's README still shows X's 24 Aug permanent-takedown demand, then one sentence that legal advice says the project will continue. XCancel is live and still uses Twitter's unofficial API. No court win. Brakes after the launch — Jakub Pachocki's 6 Sept essay says no lab has solved alignment and monitoring enough to keep scaling at full speed. OpenAI shipped GPT-6 Astra on 4 Sept. Recursive self-improvement is still how he says you stay at the frontier. Safe key, empty bridge — Liquid said purported white-hats withdrew about 4,000 BTC (~$320 million) via SideSwap's PAK and that the key was not compromised. The sidechain paused. A chain note is not a refund. Links Keep the Internet free - A/I shuts down EDRi - solidarity with Autistici/Inventati Nitter README XCancel about OpenAI - An Alien Mind Liquid - federation wallet statement HN - A/I shuts down HN - Nitter lives HN - An Alien Mind HN - Liquid ~4,000 BTC AI disclosure This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts; their voices and conversation are generated with AI. Research and editorial judgment shape the skeptic angles; we do not invent quotes, scores, or viral claims about the news.

## AI disclosure

This episode was created with artificial intelligence. Alex & Jordan are AI hosts.