Italian email host loses .org domain after being classified by the US Govt as "terrorists"

Italian email host loses .org domain after being classified by the US Govt as "terrorists"

**Rubio Uses Terrorism Law To Ban Secure Email Service**

[https://reason.com/2026/08/27/rubio-uses-terrorism-law-to-ban-secure-email-service/\](https://reason.com/2026/08/27/rubio-uses-terrorism-law-to-ban-secure-email-service/)

An Italian militant organization "Autistici/Inventati" has been classified as a "terrorist organization" by the US government for providing "untraceable" email hosting to Antifa groups. As a result of the designation, the organization's domain [autistici.org](http://autistici.org) has been suspended. As mentioned in the linked article:

> It may also allow the U.S. government to seize the [autistici.org](http://autistici.org) domain name. **The U.S. government has long argued that, because the registries for .com and .org domains are located on American soil, it is illegal to host websites for organizations under U.S. economic sanctions**.