To my knowledge you can only go to the EHCR once you have depleted all your national legal options, which can take about a decade here in Europe. Given that the Italian government is now run by actual neofascists, who also control most of european institutions (hand in hand with the classic "liberals"), i don't think a small non-profit anarchist host has much chance to win in court.
Even if they do win in court, it will be far too late for their thousands of @autistici.org emails. And even with a court victory, there's no guarantee technical intermediaries may ignore US sanctions (despite what EU ruling says). The only real solution is to get rid of US hegemony over the DNS, the banking system, the global military balance, etc.
i don't think a small non-profit anarchist host has much chance to win in court
Nobody is expecting them to win in Italy. The point of the ECHR is you go there after you lose multiple times in your own country and you think your local laws or court system are so unjust that it violates human rights.
it will be far too late for their thousands of @autistici.org emails
They can accept cash and crypto donations, like any Russian pirate site but easier because the organization itself is still legal in Italy. Getting debanked is always hard but they don't need to give up and shut down everything. Running services at A/I scale is not that expensive, and even if they have to shut down they would let all users know ahead of time so they can archive their data.
Sure, but what about users not receiving email? I mean some operators like Riseup could hardcode autistici.org to a new domain to resolve, but not every email operator is going to do this. Or is my understanding that they provide @autistici.org mailboxes wrong?
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To my knowledge you can only go to the EHCR once you have depleted all your national legal options, which can take about a decade here in Europe. Given that the Italian government is now run by actual neofascists, who also control most of european institutions (hand in hand with the classic "liberals"), i don't think a small non-profit anarchist host has much chance to win in court.
Even if they do win in court, it will be far too late for their thousands of @autistici.org emails. And even with a court victory, there's no guarantee technical intermediaries may ignore US sanctions (despite what EU ruling says). The only real solution is to get rid of US hegemony over the DNS, the banking system, the global military balance, etc.
Nobody is expecting them to win in Italy. The point of the ECHR is you go there after you lose multiple times in your own country and you think your local laws or court system are so unjust that it violates human rights.
They can accept cash and crypto donations, like any Russian pirate site but easier because the organization itself is still legal in Italy. Getting debanked is always hard but they don't need to give up and shut down everything. Running services at A/I scale is not that expensive, and even if they have to shut down they would let all users know ahead of time so they can archive their data.
Sure, but what about users not receiving email? I mean some operators like Riseup could hardcode autistici.org to a new domain to resolve, but not every email operator is going to do this. Or is my understanding that they provide @autistici.org mailboxes wrong?