Spring 2024 Update

We’ve had a tremendously busy first quarter, too much too fit in a newsletter, so here’s the roundup of what’s been happening these past few months. Content Classification System This is the biggest project we have underway: build an opt-in, privacy-preserving CSAM detection and reporting system to help protect the Fediverse. We are halfway throughContinueContinue reading “Spring 2024 Update”

DSA Guide for the Fediverse

IFTAS is happy to announce the public availability of our DSA Guide for Decentralized Services – a practical guide for small and micro services that are subject to the EU’s Digital Services Act.  If your server has member accounts in the EU, or is publicly viewable in the EU, your service is most likely impactedContinueContinue reading “DSA Guide for the Fediverse”

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 including articles in TechCrunch, Them,ContinueContinue reading “Targeted Misgendering and Deadnaming in the Fediverse”