IFTAS - Independent Federated Trust & Safety
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We support moderators on federated social media. Learn more at https://about.iftas.org
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We're excited to launch our most-requested Bridgy Fed feature: being able to interact with unbridged users!
Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.
Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.
Launch: Interact with Unbridged Replies & Mentions
Last year, we launched a feature for Bridgy Fed that sent a DM of an hourly digest of interactions that we couldn't bridge back to your native platform. While that gave you visibility into interaction...
blog.anew.social
February 10, 2026 at 5:02 PM
We're excited to launch our most-requested Bridgy Fed feature: being able to interact with unbridged users!
Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.
Starting today, when people interact with you on the other side of the bridge, you'll get a notification over DM along with a "respond" link, where you can like, repost, reply, or block.
Who moderates the social web?
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/21/b...
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/21/b...
Who Moderates the Social Web? | 2025 IFTAS Report Series
Who moderates the social web? Explore findings on burnout, workload, and experience from the 2025 Trust & Safety Report by IFTAS.
about.iftas.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:44 PM
Who moderates the social web?
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/21/b...
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/21/b...
Who moderates the social web?
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/26/b...
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/26/b...
about.iftas.org
January 21, 2026 at 9:12 PM
Who moderates the social web?
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/26/b...
In the second post of our 2025 report series, we look at the people behind the work, their roles, experience, and how many are burning out.
Now with three years of data, we’re also looking at trends.
about.iftas.org/2026/01/26/b...
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This week 54 MEPs signed a letter supporting 'european' social media alternatives. Eurosky/ATproto, Mastodon/ActivityPub are credible options. But the Grok scandal, which prompted the latter, also highlights the stakes - the safety of people, especially minorities (cont. 👇)
extranet.greens-efa-service.eu
January 21, 2026 at 10:00 AM
This week 54 MEPs signed a letter supporting 'european' social media alternatives. Eurosky/ATproto, Mastodon/ActivityPub are credible options. But the Grok scandal, which prompted the latter, also highlights the stakes - the safety of people, especially minorities (cont. 👇)
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For our first launch of the year, we're kicking off with more blocking features!
Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.
Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.
Launch: Domain Blocklists
In November last year, we began developing additional user-facing moderation features for Bridgy Fed users. While blocking users across the bridge was always possible via DMs, we knew it would be easi...
blog.anew.social
January 19, 2026 at 5:22 PM
For our first launch of the year, we're kicking off with more blocking features!
Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.
Rolling out today: ATProto across Bluesky, Blacksky, and any other PDS can apply domain blocklists to Bridgy Fed. Blocks come with if you Bounce, and we even added a handy list of reputable blocklists to choose from.
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Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email support@blacksky.app with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Blacksky
Decentralized social media built for community power, culture, and collective freedom.
staging.blacksky.community
January 13, 2026 at 3:53 PM
Any blacksky.app users who get banned from bsky should try logging into the staging.blacksky.community website. Looking to get feedback + identify any lingering bugs. Email support@blacksky.app with those.
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
Missing data from non-Blacksky hosted accounts + older posts is expected
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The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available.
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
about.iftas.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available.
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available.
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
about.iftas.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:04 PM
The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report is now available.
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
Volunteer moderators are burning out. Spam is rising. Legal threats are growing.
The 2025 Report reveals where things stand, and what must change.
➡️ about.iftas.org/2026/01/08/t...
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Good news; a judge has blocked the detention of a technology researcher that the State Department had slated to deport.
However, this is just the start of what will certainly be a longer-term challenge. What can we do about this? A thread.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
However, this is just the start of what will certainly be a longer-term challenge. What can we do about this? A thread.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate
www.nytimes.com
December 26, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Good news; a judge has blocked the detention of a technology researcher that the State Department had slated to deport.
However, this is just the start of what will certainly be a longer-term challenge. What can we do about this? A thread.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
However, this is just the start of what will certainly be a longer-term challenge. What can we do about this? A thread.
www.nytimes.com/2025/12/25/u...
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What does it mean for an online environment to be "toxic" or "polluted" and can we borrow ideas from environmental modeling to make online spaces more livable?
@gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy has a post announcing a new CAT Lab project citizensandtech.org/2025/12/onli...
@gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy has a post announcing a new CAT Lab project citizensandtech.org/2025/12/onli...
Understanding Online Communities as Ecosystems
What do we mean when we talk about pollution and toxicity online; and what can we learn from environmental science to improve online spaces?
citizensandtech.org
December 17, 2025 at 3:03 PM
What does it mean for an online environment to be "toxic" or "polluted" and can we borrow ideas from environmental modeling to make online spaces more livable?
@gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy has a post announcing a new CAT Lab project citizensandtech.org/2025/12/onli...
@gedankenstuecke.scholar.social.ap.brid.gy has a post announcing a new CAT Lab project citizensandtech.org/2025/12/onli...
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How do content moderation systems work in non-English languages in the Global South? CDT partnered with regional civil society organizations to examine moderation in Maghrebi Arabic, Kiswahili, Tamil, and Quechua across major platforms. cdt.org/content-mode...
December 15, 2025 at 5:30 PM
How do content moderation systems work in non-English languages in the Global South? CDT partnered with regional civil society organizations to examine moderation in Maghrebi Arabic, Kiswahili, Tamil, and Quechua across major platforms. cdt.org/content-mode...
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"What does it mean to delay the application of the AI Act for the high risk category as proposed? It means deep fakes are still legal. It means generated, targeted medical scams are still legal." — @alexandrageese.bsky.social #EuroskyLive
November 19, 2025 at 9:23 AM
"What does it mean to delay the application of the AI Act for the high risk category as proposed? It means deep fakes are still legal. It means generated, targeted medical scams are still legal." — @alexandrageese.bsky.social #EuroskyLive
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If you want to post about the @eurosky.social event feel free to use the hashtag #EuroskyLive
That way you’ll show up in this feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/feed/Eurosky-Live
That way you’ll show up in this feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/feed/Eurosky-Live
November 16, 2025 at 2:44 PM
If you want to post about the @eurosky.social event feel free to use the hashtag #EuroskyLive
That way you’ll show up in this feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/feed/Eurosky-Live
That way you’ll show up in this feed: https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ooensn4mr5mhznzypvxelfa3/feed/Eurosky-Live
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🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/eurosky.social Eurosky Live from Berlin
@eurosky.social is 🔴LIVE on stream.place!
Eurosky Live from Berlin
stream.place
November 19, 2025 at 8:02 AM
🔴 LIVE https://stream.place/eurosky.social Eurosky Live from Berlin
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Apologies for sliding and hijacking this but ROOST is still accepting applications for our Staff software engineer role! We're a v small team so this person ideally has a mix of backend and frontend experience.
Improving the UI of T&S tools is my personal soapbox
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
Improving the UI of T&S tools is my personal soapbox
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
Staff Software Engineer | ROOST Careers
Join ROOST as a Staff Software Engineer to build safety infrastructure for the AI era.
roost.tools
November 16, 2025 at 2:22 AM
Apologies for sliding and hijacking this but ROOST is still accepting applications for our Staff software engineer role! We're a v small team so this person ideally has a mix of backend and frontend experience.
Improving the UI of T&S tools is my personal soapbox
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
Improving the UI of T&S tools is my personal soapbox
roost.tools/staff-softwa...
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I so want to just throw divine.video out to the world, but that's not the responsible thing to do. When I realized it's going to get a lot of attention and use, we had to step back and make sure we had systems in place for it to scale both the servers and trust & safety systems.
We're not ready to launch yet. We found flaws in the way we were detection AI content and some bugs that let users post videos longer than 6 seconds and a few spam related issues. We've got solutions to these issues, but need to implement them.
November 18, 2025 at 6:10 AM
I so want to just throw divine.video out to the world, but that's not the responsible thing to do. When I realized it's going to get a lot of attention and use, we had to step back and make sure we had systems in place for it to scale both the servers and trust & safety systems.
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Today, we're taking our first step into the moderation tools we've been wanting to build for Bridgy Fed for a while now. The reason we're launching this small iteration first is that: (1) it's recently become more urgent for our community, and (2) we want to discuss our ideas publicly. Some...
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We have a mini launch today with two new blocking features on Bridgy Fed:
1. For ATProto and ActivityPub, you can now use the "block" DM command to block multiple users at once 🙅🏼♂️🙅🏼🙅🏼♀️
2. For ActivityPub, you can now subscribe to ATProto Block Lists over the bridge 📃🚫
More in our latest blog post:
1. For ATProto and ActivityPub, you can now use the "block" DM command to block multiple users at once 🙅🏼♂️🙅🏼🙅🏼♀️
2. For ActivityPub, you can now subscribe to ATProto Block Lists over the bridge 📃🚫
More in our latest blog post:
Launch: New Blocking Features on Bridgy Fed
Bridgy Fed has always had a simple way to block users over the bridge, whether the other user is bridged or not.
If the user is bridged, you can use your native platform’s blocking features. If the u...
blog.anew.social
November 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Today, we're taking our first step into the moderation tools we've been wanting to build for Bridgy Fed for a while now. The reason we're launching this small iteration first is that: (1) it's recently become more urgent for our community, and (2) we want to discuss our ideas publicly. Some...
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Launching xodus.online ! Building a movement away from toxic social media, towards alternative social media (open social web) - the why, the where-to and the how! Please support our launch ! xodus.online/2025/10/30/l...
October 30, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Launching xodus.online ! Building a movement away from toxic social media, towards alternative social media (open social web) - the why, the where-to and the how! Please support our launch ! xodus.online/2025/10/30/l...
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At the Paris Peace Forum earlier today, we announced the release of gpt-oss-safeguard in partnership with OpenAI. Now, we’re announcing the launch of the ROOST Model Community (RMC).
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
A new milestone for open source safety infrastructure and transparency: gpt-oss-safeguard
Robust Open Online Safety Tools or ROOST is a new non-profit entity designed to address the urgent need for accessible, high-quality safety tools in the rapidly evolving digital landscape.
roost.tools
October 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
At the Paris Peace Forum earlier today, we announced the release of gpt-oss-safeguard in partnership with OpenAI. Now, we’re announcing the launch of the ROOST Model Community (RMC).
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
roost.tools/blog/a-new-milestone-for-open-source-safety-infrastructure-and-transparency/
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"AI in content moderation is far from a recent innovation: machine learning (ML) classifiers have been used for content moderation since around 2016." However, this trend has been accelerating more recently. www.techpolicy.press/researchers-...
Researchers Explore the Use of LLMs for Content Moderation | TechPolicy.Press
The subject was a stand-out theme at the Trust and Safety Research Conference, held last month at Stanford, writes Tim Bernard.
www.techpolicy.press
October 30, 2025 at 2:07 PM
"AI in content moderation is far from a recent innovation: machine learning (ML) classifiers have been used for content moderation since around 2016." However, this trend has been accelerating more recently. www.techpolicy.press/researchers-...
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Interesting write up.
There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge.
connectedplaces.online/on-the-coord...
connectedplaces.online/on-the-coord...
On the coordination for better moderation systems
There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge.
connectedplaces.online
October 29, 2025 at 6:20 PM
Interesting write up.
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[New Paper Alert] Who’s Telling the Story of the Russia-Ukraine War on Telegram?
“Shaping Western Perceptions: The Role of English-language Verified Telegram Channels in Framing the Narratives Around the Russia-Ukraine War” by @gruzd.ca, Yisheng Li & @philipmai.com socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/27/n...
“Shaping Western Perceptions: The Role of English-language Verified Telegram Channels in Framing the Narratives Around the Russia-Ukraine War” by @gruzd.ca, Yisheng Li & @philipmai.com socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/27/n...
[New Paper Alert] Who’s Telling the Story of the Russia-Ukraine War on Telegram? - Social Media Lab
What happens when one of the world’s biggest wars plays out on one of the least understood platforms? In the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Telegram quietly...
socialmedialab.ca
October 27, 2025 at 3:24 PM
[New Paper Alert] Who’s Telling the Story of the Russia-Ukraine War on Telegram?
“Shaping Western Perceptions: The Role of English-language Verified Telegram Channels in Framing the Narratives Around the Russia-Ukraine War” by @gruzd.ca, Yisheng Li & @philipmai.com socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/27/n...
“Shaping Western Perceptions: The Role of English-language Verified Telegram Channels in Framing the Narratives Around the Russia-Ukraine War” by @gruzd.ca, Yisheng Li & @philipmai.com socialmedialab.ca/2025/10/27/n...
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Thanks Jaz for joining me on Fireside Fedi. Please check out Jaz and IFTAS . Jaz's work in #trust and #safety on the #fediverse is absolutely vital.
#Peertube #VOD - video.firesidefedi.live/w/rfCpqU15if...
#Castopod #Fedicast - audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefed...
www.youtube.com/@btfree_org
#Peertube #VOD - video.firesidefedi.live/w/rfCpqU15if...
#Castopod #Fedicast - audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefed...
www.youtube.com/@btfree_org
Episode 50 - Jaz-Michael King - IFTAS - Trust and Safety - Livestream 2025-10-21
Welcome Fedi Friends to episode 50 of Fireside Fedi! I'm your host ozoned. Fireside Fedi is a show about folks within the Fediverse. If you're seeing this, you are a part of the Fediverse. With m...
video.firesidefedi.live
October 21, 2025 at 8:02 PM
Thanks Jaz for joining me on Fireside Fedi. Please check out Jaz and IFTAS . Jaz's work in #trust and #safety on the #fediverse is absolutely vital.
#Peertube #VOD - video.firesidefedi.live/w/rfCpqU15if...
#Castopod #Fedicast - audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefed...
www.youtube.com/@btfree_org
#Peertube #VOD - video.firesidefedi.live/w/rfCpqU15if...
#Castopod #Fedicast - audio.firesidefedi.live/@firesidefed...
www.youtube.com/@btfree_org
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Trying out notebooklm created videos trained on my revolution.social podcast. Here's a video about how hard it is to do content moderation, based on my discussions with @yoyoel.com, @noupside.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @coachtony.bsky.social, and others....
October 15, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Trying out notebooklm created videos trained on my revolution.social podcast. Here's a video about how hard it is to do content moderation, based on my discussions with @yoyoel.com, @noupside.bsky.social, @mmasnick.bsky.social, @coachtony.bsky.social, and others....