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According to a State Department memo, the collective provided digital infrastructure and services, including encrypted communications and web hosting, to violent far-left organizations and foreign terrorist groups. The designation bars Americans and U.S. financial institutions from doing business with the group and freezes any assets it has under U.S. jurisdiction."},{"type":"paragraph","text":"The memo identifies Rose City Antifa, a Portland-based Antifa organization, as a user of the A/I Collective's services. The collective's services were also used by groups connected to Hamas, Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and Hezbollah, the State Department stated. The State Department memo indicates that the A/I Collective screens users for ideological alignment before providing services."},{"type":"heading","text":"Disagreement on Treasury Department involvement"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"TrendingPolitics stated that the U.S. State Department, in conjunction with the Treasury Department, designated the A/I Collective. Fox News reported that Marco Rubio announced sanctions against the tech collective, designating it a terrorist organization."},{"type":"heading","text":"What the coverage left out"},{"type":"paragraph","text":"None of the right-rated digests mentioned that the A/I Collective screens users for ideological alignment before providing services, a detail present in the centre-rated report. 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