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IFTAS Response to the European Commission’s Call for Evidence “Towards European open digital ecosystems”
IFTAS welcomes this initiative and strongly supports the Commission’s recognition of open-source software as a strategic component of digital sovereignty, security, and innovation. The EU open-source sector benefits from a rich and diverse developer community, with strong alignment to European values – particularly data protection, human rights, and participatory governance. Decentralised European platforms such as…
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The 2025 Social Web Trust & Safety Report Is Here
New insights into the people, pressures, and infrastructure shaping decentralised platforms Published by IFTAS, this report draws on detailed surveys and community feedback from volunteer moderators, administrators, and community managers across the decentralised social web. It offers our most comprehensive picture yet of the trust and safety landscape across projects like Mastodon, GoToSocial, WordPress, PeerTube,…
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Advertorials and Auto Boosting Account Creation
social[dot]5th[dot]ro is a “free speech”/minimal moderation site and SEO advertorial farming operation, connected to a WordPress plugin that offers “Auto Boosting” to its customers – a system that relies on third-party service accounts. Be alert for accounts being registered on behalf of this bot network on your service. These may use the custom automation tool…
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Coordinated Pro-Russian Propaganda Network Targeting ActivityPub and ATProto Services
Indicators of compromise (IOCs) that identify accounts as likely being part of the network include: Some servers are not removing these accounts, you can review what the accounts look like, and the content they post, on this page. The accounts are created and left alone for a short period, and will have no posts for…
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Sunsetting IFTAS Connect
In May 2024, we launched IFTAS Connect as a community platform to support volunteer moderators, administrators, and safety advocates across the decentralised web. Our vision was to provide a central space for collaboration, resource sharing, and mutual support, especially for those working in independent and often under-resourced environments. Despite several hundred moderators signing up and…
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IFTAS Responds to the European Commission’s Review of the Digital Markets Act
The Digital Markets Act (DMA) is EU legislation aimed at curbing the power of dominant digital platforms, known as gatekeepers, by enforcing obligations that promote fairness and competition. These rules have been fully in effect since March 2024. The European Commission is now reviewing the DMA’s impact, with a report due by May 2026. A…
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It’s Not Just Mastodon
2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment: Moderation Across the Social Web The Fediverse is more than Mastodon, and moderation is bigger than any one platform. Last year, we heard from moderators on Mastodon, Nostr, Bluesky, Matrix, even Discord and Reddit, and beyond. Every platform has its own challenges, but many needs – like better tooling, clearer guidance,…
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What’s Missing, What’s Next
2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment: The Tools and Resources Moderators Need Most Last year’s survey revealed major gaps in the tools available to moderators: It also showed that only 18% of communities have 24/7 moderation coverage. This data helps us direct our work and funding toward the most urgent needs. By sharing your experience this year,…
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The Moderator Experience
2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment: The Human Side of Moderation Moderation isn’t just technical work – it’s human work. It involves emotional labour, judgement calls, and often dealing with the worst content the internet can produce. In last year’s Needs Assessment, 1 in 5 moderators reported burnout. Many told us they had no formal guidance, no…
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Real Change from Real Answers
2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment: How Your Answers Became Action in 2024 Last year, moderators and administrators from across the Fediverse – and beyond – told us what they needed most. We listened, and the results shaped real tools, guidance, and resources. From the 2024 Needs Assessment, IFTAS delivered: CSAM detection and reporting guidance to help…
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The 2025 Fediverse Needs Assessment is Open: Have Your Say
Every year, IFTAS asks the people who keep our communities safe to tell us what they need.The Fediverse Needs Assessment gathers input from moderators, administrators, and community managers across the decentralised social web and beyond. Whether you run a Mastodon, Pixelfed, Lemmy or Peertube instance, a Nostr relay, a Bluesky community, Matrix or Discord rooms,…