Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media
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Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media
By @samlai.bsky.social and @yoyoel
Online Safety and the “Great Decentralization” – The Perils and Promises of Federated Social Media | TechPolicy.Press
If we want to empower consumers and rebuild social media, we need to develop shared trust and safety capabilities, write Samantha Lai and Yoel Roth.
Tech Policy Press (www.techpolicy.press)
On Bluesky, Lai summarizes their recommendations:
Here’s how we fix it:
(1) Larger platforms can fund tool development efforts and share info on their moderation decisions
(2) A multi stakeholder structured hub curating pooled data to identify threat actors
(3) Tool builders can create platforms for mods to share information with each otherSamantha Lai (@samlai.bsky.social)
Decentralized social media platforms offer the promise of alternative governance, but remain ill-equipped to address threats to online safety. How can we change that? Here’s the latest from @yoyoel.com and I: https://www.techpolicy.press/online-safety-and-the-great-decentralization-the-perils-and-promises-of-federated-social-media/
Bluesky Social (bsky.app)
