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

https://www.techpolicy.press/online-safety-and-the-great-decentralization-the-perils-and-promises-of-federated-social-media/

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 other

https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:ybj3ulqmitcqt4iqueoadgb5/post/3l6pydaskjv2m

#fediverse #safety #TrustAndSafety