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Autistici/Inventati shut down by US sanctions, sparking criticism

The article discusses the closure of Autistici/Inventati, a service previously chosen for its commitment to open, privacy-respecting, and decentralized infrastructure for scientific research. This choice was made in contrast to mainstream university systems heavily reliant on Microsoft and Google. Autistici/Inventati faced administrative sanctions from the United States government, leading to its closure. The author criticizes this action as a form of "techno-feudalism" and censorship, facilitated by an oligopolistic economic and technological system, and notes the acquiescence of entities like the European Union. AI

IMPACT Highlights risks to decentralized and privacy-focused infrastructure from government actions, potentially impacting AI research reliant on such systems.

RANK_REASON The closure of a service due to government sanctions is a significant event impacting infrastructure for open science. [lever_c_demoted from significant: ic=1 ai=0.4]

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Autistici/Inventati shut down by US sanctions, sparking criticism

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  1. Mastodon — mastodon.social TIER_1 Italiano(IT) · associazione-italiana-per-la-promozione-della-scienza-aperta@aisa.sp.unipi.it ·

    Some time ago we chose to use the service offered for free by Autistici/Inventati for our mailing list 1. For us it was a matter of coe

    Qualche tempo fa abbiamo scelto di usare per la nostra mailing list 1 il servizio offerto gratuitamente da Autistici/Inventati. Per noi era una questione di coerenza: da tempo sosteniamo che una ricerca scientifica aperta – aperta nel senso di libera – può essere qualcosa di dive…