GoKawiilAmsterdam police seize Autistici/Inventati server for US authorities
Amsterdam police confiscated a server belonging to Italian internet provider Autistici/Inventati at a Science Park datacenter, acting on a US legal assistance request. A digital copy of the server's contents will be sent to the United States before the hardware is returned to its owners. A/I, which provided free web hosting and email to roughly 20,000 organizations, dissolved itself after the Trump administration designated it a terrorist entity for allegedly facilitating antifa.
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The seizure suggests the fears of A/I's volunteers were justified: closing the organization did not shield its data or users from US legal reach, since authorities could still obtain server contents through international cooperation with Dutch police. This case could set a precedent for how foreign governments pursue digital infrastructure and user data tied to groups they label as terrorist organizations, raising questions about the protections normally afforded to internet service providers for user-generated content.
- Amsterdam police seized an A/I server based on a US legal assistance request, copying its contents for American authorities.
- A/I dissolved in late August after the US government designated it a terrorist organization for allegedly enabling antifa activity.
- The seizure indicates that shutting down services and wiping drives elsewhere in Europe did not prevent US access to remaining server data.
Source: nrc.nl — Marloes De Koning, 2026-10-14
Published there as: “Amsterdam police confisquates server left-wing ISP A/I at American request”
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