First, in this case, not by “higher authorities”, but by anyone at all. There are assertions that Intel ME is a backdoor and you are allowed to cite that. You are not allowed to state that it’s a fact (as you just did), because we do not know. This is a technical forum, and discussions should be technical.
Second, Category General Discussion should be explicitly about Qubes OS.
We do not do this. See Community-recommended computers, where many devices have neutralized or disabled Intel ME. There are other efforts, too, if you search the forum.