An Italian tech collective just became a federally designated global terrorist organization over its ties to Antifa.
The Trump administration announced Wednesday that the State Department has designated Autistici/Inventati, also known as the A/I Collective, as a Specially Designated Global Terrorist under Executive Order 13224. The move brings federal sanctions law directly to bear on the Italy-based anti-capitalist group, which officials say has been providing the digital backbone for violent far-left networks operating inside the United States and abroad.
The strategy is legally significant. Because no federal statute allows the government to formally designate a domestic organization as a terrorist group the way it can with foreign entities, the administration went after a foreign provider instead. By targeting A/I, officials unlock existing counterterrorism authorities without needing new legislation, allowing them to block assets, freeze transactions, and pursue those who financially support the collective.
As originally reported, the State Department laid out a detailed case in a lengthy post on X, accusing A/I of building and providing “the digital infrastructure for violent Antifa cells and other radical left-wing networks in the United States and across the world.” The department described the group as “a central node in the far-left’s war on our civilization.” Officials say A/I offers encrypted email accounts, website hosting on foreign servers, chat systems, and the “Noblogs” publishing platform, all restricted to ideologically aligned users and shielded from law enforcement.
The department tied A/I-hosted platforms to a string of serious incidents. Rose City Antifa allegedly used an A/I-hosted site to publish the personal information of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and encourage attacks at their homes, while also organizing assaults on Border Patrol helicopters. Separate hosted sites reportedly distributed guides for arson, bombings, and infrastructure sabotage targeting bridges, pipelines, the electrical grid, and military logistics centers.
Officials also connected A/I to Jane’s Revenge, the radical network linked to attacks on pregnancy centers following the leak of the Supreme Court’s draft Dobbs opinion. That group allegedly used an A/I-hosted site to call for further attacks. The department additionally accused A/I of serving designated foreign terrorist organizations, including the International Revolutionary Front, which has claimed responsibility for bombings in Italy and the shooting of an engineering executive.
The consequences of the designation are immediate and sweeping. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent made the administration’s position clear: “Far-left extremists, their fronts, and their enablers should be on notice.” He added that the administration would “continue to cut the financial lifelines of these groups until they are eliminated.”
All A/I property within U.S. jurisdiction is now frozen, and American persons are broadly barred from any transactions involving the collective. Civil penalties can apply even without proof that a party knew it was in violation. Foreign financial institutions face secondary sanctions for facilitating significant transactions on behalf of A/I.