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#Moderation

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I accept that instance admins must moderate: trolls, bots, repeat offenders, etc.

But for a first-time issue, and especially where there's a paid/professional relationship, there should be basic expectations:

- Warning
- Clear explanation
- Temporary suspension or post deletion
- Response to appeal

Moderation shouldn’t default to exile with no discussion.

#FediAdmin #Moderation

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Effective moderation of social media to curb genocidal content

"The 2020-2022 Tigray war is reported to be the deadliest armed conflict of the 21𝑠𝑡 century, with an estimated 600 to 800,000 documented deaths and more than 100 thousand victims of rape as a weapon of war. Social media platforms were instrumental in spreading genocidal content during the conflict, and failure to effectively moderate hateful content resulted in the murder of civilians. This work investigates the expertise and processes required to effectively moderate such genocidal content, and compares these findings to the expertise and processes prioritized by social media platforms."

@DAIR's page has a 10-minute video and a link to the CHI paper, and a statement - which I'll include excerpts from in a reply.

www.dair-institute.orgTigray GenocideThe Distributed AI Research Institute is a space for independent, community-rooted AI research, free from Big Tech’s pervasive influence.

I'll be reaching out to the City of Langford today to offer them a safer, moderated, place to post timely information for their community.

Would love to see them join @EsquimaltBC here on #SocialBC

Facebook is where many communities have ended up, but unfortunately it has become dominated by a few very loud, very inappropriate, damaging voices. The harm is real.

The Open Social Web can provide an alternative.

#BCMuni #Local #Facebook #Moderation
houston-today.com/news/bc-city

Houston Today · B.C. city flicks switch on Facebook after threatening, 'sexually explicit' commentsBy Ben Fenlon

[Replay] À l'invitation de @SuVergnolle, @mattisg a présenté comment @opentermsarchive suit les règles qui encadrent la #modération du contenu sur les plateformes. Les questions du public ont permis de détailler la décentralisation et l'auditabilité cryptographique du suivi.

L'échange (1h) sur notre NextCloud : cloud.opentermsarchive.org/ind et YouTube : youtube.com/watch?v=MKFP7mvCJIE

Prochain Lunch & Learn de la Chaire sur la modération des contenus avec @pacregulation-tech.cnam.fr/lunch-

Klar, dass Elon #Musk nun wieder mit antisemitischen #Verschwörungsmythen um sich wirft und auf X behauptet, die US-Proteste gegen Donald #Trump seien vom jüdischen Milliardär George #Soros finanziert... #Antisemitismus

Freundliche Grüße gehen raus ans OLG #Frankfurt, das vor einem Jahr nach einem Erfolg in erster Instanz meine Klage auf #Moderation gegen #Twitter schwer nachvollziehbar abgewiesen hat. Viele fragen bang: Wie "wehrhaft" ist der deutsche #Rechtsstaat?

hateaid.org/berufungsurteil-wi

HateAid · Verleumdungen auf Social Media: Berufungsurteil wirft Grundsatzfrage aufEntfernung verleumderischer Kommentare: Gericht wies den Antrag des baden-württembergischen Antisemitismusbeauftragten aufgrund einer Formalität ab.

A bit of an annoying trend I’ve started to notice here on #Mastodon and the #Fediverse lately is people posting pictures of text with content I’m not really interested in to see or read. But due to it being a picture and not parsable text, content filters don’t apply. Why would one deliberately go through this trouble, reducing (self) #moderation effectiveness and waste a bunch of extra bytes in the process?

I found these rules in a public group chat.

Kirby's Rules of Moderation:

1. Stay Neutral - Moderators should act fairly and avoid personal bias.

2. Transparency Matters - Decisions should be clear and explainable.

3. Rules Before Power - Enforce guidelines, not personal opinions.

4. Context Is Key - Consider intent before taking action.

5. Encourage Discussion - Promote healthy conversations, not silencing.

I just had a post reported by "mastodon.online"

Which is odd because that is a domain, not a user, and there is nothing wrong with the post at all.

What is going on? Is this some new kind of spam?

@aubreyjones, I'm obviously going to dismiss this but can anyone tell me why there isn't a user who made this report? Why is it just the domain? It feels very OFF.

gaygeek.social/@aubreyjones/11

#moderation #mastodonHelp #mastodonSupport

EDIT: I have learned that forwarded reports are anonymous.

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@CCC Vielleicht sollten spätestens jetzt möglichst viele Leute ihre Kommunikationsstrukturen¹ dem öffentlichen Zugriff entziehen.

#Freenet / #Hyphanet kann dabei helfen, indem Nachrichten unter Freunden vertraulich werden und öffentliche Kommunikation über Pseudonyme läuft, die kaum auf reale Personen zurückgeführt werden können.

hyphanet.org/

Zu in Hyphanet verwendeter pseudonymer #Moderation, die sich im letzten Jahrzehnt bewiesen hat:
draketo.de/software/decentrali

¹ Metadaten.

www.hyphanet.orgHyphanet