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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. …| IFTAS Blog
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 […]| IFTAS Blog
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. …| IFTAS Blog
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…| IFTAS Blog
What Fediverse Service Providers Need to Know The Online Safety Act (OSA) is now in force in the United Kingdom. Enforced by Ofcom, the UK’s communications regulator, the Act introduces a new set of legal duties for online services. Its stated purpose is to reduce online harm, particularly exposure to illegal content and material harmful […]| IFTAS Blog
The Internet Watch Foundation (IWF) has announced a new tool, Image Intercept, designed to help smaller platforms detect and block known child sexual abuse material (CSAM). This development is part…| IFTAS Blog
Over the past few weeks, we’ve shared some difficult news, a few of our projects have come to a close after not meeting their funding goals. We know that’s never easy to hear. But we also want to take a moment to share what hasn’t changed – what is continuing, growing, and making a difference […]| IFTAS Blog
IFTAS was founded to support trust and safety across decentralised social media networks. We are guided by a commitment to ethical governance, transparency, and the protection of marginalised and underserved communities online. Our work centres evidence-based practices, civil speech, and the creation of safer, more equitable spaces in federated platforms. We want to clearly reaffirm: […]| IFTAS Blog
The IFTAS CCS project was a pilot project to provide CSAM detection and reporting for Mastodon servers. The bulk of the project ran for 26 weeks, and while we cannot afford to maintain the service any longer, the findings below can inform future projects. All numbers are rounded for readability. Pilot Activity CCS received posts […]| IFTAS Blog
Since its inception, IFTAS has worked to support volunteer moderators, administrators, and community managers across decentralised social media platforms, equipping them with the tools and guidance needed to foster safe, inclusive spaces. While we haven’t been able to raise the funds needed to accomplish all our goals, we’ve been humbled to receive over $5,000 in […]| IFTAS Blog
The following services are no longer sustainable or do not have the necessary support to continue, and will be shutdown as listed: IFTAS CCS: Discontinued. FediCheck: Discontinued. The app will remain online in read-only mode until further notice. The code for FediCheck and its associated API is now open source: Download FediCheck | Download FediCheck […]| IFTAS Blog
We are pleased to to announce the release of the 2024 Fediverse Trust & Safety Needs Assessment Report. This annual report is a cornerstone of our mission to support the decentralised social we…| IFTAS Blog
Election day is over. The disinformation isn’t.| IFTAS Blog
