• Open Social for the Common Good

    How Government Agencies Can Embrace the Social Web for Public Communications In recent years, there has been a significant shift in how government agencies communicate with the public. Social media has become an indispensable tool for agencies to disseminate emergency information, public health alerts, engage with citizens, and provide services.…

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  • Welcoming Shauna Gordon-McKeon

    We are excited to share exciting news with our community and stakeholders: Shauna Gordon-McKeon has joined the IFTAS Advisory Board as an Advisor on Community and Governance. This marks a significant milestone for our organisation as we continue to forge paths toward enhancing trust and safety on the open social…

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  • Targeted Misgendering and Deadnaming in the Fediverse

    Background In early 2024 IFTAS and GLAAD discussed the important action three platforms (Discord, Post and Spoutible) have taken to update their policies to add express prohibitions against targeted misgendering and deadnaming. In this same vein, there’s been wide press coverage on these advances in protecting LGBTQ+ members from hate…

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  • Moderating the Fediverse: Threads from Instagram

    Please note, this post will be a living document that will be updated over time as new information becomes available. Over the past several weeks, IFTAS has fielded an increasing number of inquiries about the implications of Threads – the microblogging platform from Instagram, a Meta platform – enabling ActivityPub…

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  • IFTAS CSAM Roadmap

    IFTAS intends to provide guidance, and operate or facilitate services to support electronic service providers (ESPs) who require assistance mitigating Child Sexual Abuse Media (CSAM) on their services. Motivation IFTAS serves the independent social media trust and safety community, and is driven in large part by the community Needs Assessment.…

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  • Open Call: Moderator Council Members

    The IFTAS Moderator Advisory Council is the community body that reviews the Moderator Needs Assessment results, weighs in on projects and spending, and directly reviews activities to ensure they are fit for purpose, meeting the needs of the moderator community, and steering the work of IFTAS. Because participation in such…

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