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About this denylist
The Do Not Interact List is an IFTAS-curated list of domains that are highly recommended for defederation. Each domain is labelled using a shared vocabulary label. Each domain is investigated by human review for governance, common content, network and service activities, hosting location and more.
Who uses this list?
The DNI list is implemented by or is available as a default option in the following platforms:
- BridgyFed
- Commonshub
- Holos Discover
- Loops
- Newsmast
- NodeBB
- tags.pub (and other ActivityBot Framework services)
- Wafrn
- WordPress
If your app or platform uses this list, please let us know!
Inclusion
Inclusion on this list means we believe:
- Federating with this domain poses significant risk to your service, and
- We are extremely unlikely to ever retract an entry.
In all cases we strongly recommend you use a Federation Policy to aid you in your decision making.
Download / subscribe
FIRES
This denylist is published as a FIRES dataset by Pelago, providing structured moderation data that service providers, platforms, and apps can subscribe to for automated updates.
Source files
Files are also available directly from source:
- machine-readable (best for automation/streaming)
- human-friendly (browser download)
See Denylist Management Tools for third-party tools to import or implement this denylist.
Preview current denylist
IFTAS Do Not Interact List Output – HTML table view of this denylist
Local file download (Mastodon format)
(The file path includes ‘/2025/10’ which will not change; the current version will overwrite any previous version at this URL)
Appeals
- Requests must be submitted from an email address publicly listed on the service in question. If your service does not list an administrator email address, we cannot process your request.
- Email contact @ about.iftas.org in English.
- Include the domain name and a brief summary of the actions taken to address the initial reasons for inclusion.
- There is no fee for the review or removal of a domain from IFTAS lists.
