@thenexusofprivacy #neuhier for the german speaking arrivals.

@andypiper @renchap I vaguely remember there was discussion at some point of automatically turning on "authorized fetch" for users blocking at least one account on another instance (or something along those lines). Did that happen in 4.3? I looked at the changelog but didn't see anything related to it.

"The Ministry of Empowerment", a great essay from @zephoria on Metahttps://www.zephoria.org/thoughts/archives/2025/01/08/the-ministry-of-empowerment.html"Fuck you Facebook. That was the first thought I had when I woke up this morning. Followed by: What ministry is Mark Zuckerberg volunteering to manage for the dictators of the world? All I could think of is how Orwell’s Ministry of Love is about hate. So what are we creating here? The Ministry of Empowerment to ensure the oppression of the most vulnerable? Lovely. But maybe you, dear reader, have a better Ministry name for their new organizational identity?"#meta #threads #FediPact

Members of Meta's Civil Rights Advisory Group have "grave concerns" with their recent content policy changes. No, ya think?https://cdt.org/insights/letter-meta-civil-rights-advisory-group-members-grave-concerns-content-policy-changes/"Meta’s failure to engage even its own advisory group of external civil rights experts shows a cynical disregard for its diverse user base and calls into question Meta’s commitment to the free speech principles to which it claims to want to “return.” A bad process makes bad policy. In your announcement, you touted Meta’s commitment to free expression, but the changes will significantly harm free speech."#meta #threads #FediPact

5 things white people can do to start making the fediverse less toxic for Black peoplehttps://privacy.thenexus.today/start-making-the-fediverse-less-toxic/Listen more to more Black people – and amplify their voicesThink before you postCall in, call out, and/or report anti-Blackness when you see itSupport Black people and Black-led instances and projectsApproach it intersectionallyThe article also has links to anti-racism resources and appendices with a list of common mistkes to avoid and blocklist resources for moderators.Thanks to everybody who gave feedback on earlier drafts!EDIT, 8/19: I updated #2 (which previously started with "Post Less"), and also made some other changes in the underlying article - including a bit more discussion about how anti-Blackness isn't just a US problem.Read on for some excerpts (1/N)#fediverse #mastodon #antiracism

@[email protected] @[email protected] it sounds a lot like the Vouch system I've read about before... which iirc is an indie web thing.