#moderation

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D. Olifant @oli@olifant.social · Apr 05, 2026
If you're looking for a good place to flag advisories not just on domains but also on actors themselves, check out https://pelago.1sland.social Once you log in with your fediverse handle (the credentials never leave your web browser) you can start reporting domains and actors, flagging them with labels if you want and even uploading screenshots and other documents here: https://pelago.1sland.social/reports This will populate a completely transparent feed. You can follow @pelago@olifant.social for announcements about updates to the community reports. Community moderators have the ability to escalate advisories to recommendations (or retract frivolous advisories, perhaps), with the entire feed visible in FIRES. Those who receive an advisory are welcome to also log in, contest the advisory or report, and provide counter evidence of their own (to the moderators, we aren't having troll wars in public here). And if you want to use Pelago to set up your own FIRES server and create your own advisories for your own moderation network, you certainly can. Feel free to log in, kick the tires, and let me know if you experience any issues. You can find out more about FIRES, which is a protocol designed for composeable moderation on the Fediverse, an evolution beyond blocklists. There was every attempt made to codify and set ethical boundaries in the software for this purpose. More about that, here. If you just want to browse or consume the FIRES datasets directly, that's at https://fires.1sland.social #Fediblock #FediblockMeta #Pelago #Moderation
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Alyx @x_cli@infosec.exchange · Jul 21, 2026
Google me confirme qu'ils n'ont aucun problème à ce qu'une publicité explique/bait "les sept mots à dire à une femme pour lui donner instantanément l'envie de coucher avec toi" et redirigeant sur un site web "dragueurXXX.com" qui contient du contenu incel. Cela ne viole aucune de leur politique de contenu. Pas sûr qu'on puisse en dire autant des femmes. #incel #youtube #modération
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MudMob @Mud@kolektiva.social · Jul 17, 2026
We have a problem. I just opened the mod account and saw that our account request got absolutely swamped by bots. Not sure how to handle this... Is there any ethical& privacy friendly #captcha out there? any other ideas?? (also using the #fediblock hashtag because it is the most followed by mods) @moderation@kolektiva.social #fedimoderation #moderation #botaccounts #botfarm #signup #accounts
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Admin @indiewebadmin@indieweb.social · Jul 17, 2026
We've closed signups on indieweb.social for the weekend after a huge increase in attempted spam sign ups. We aren't the only instance going through this. Please show your support to the amazing moderators across the Fediverse! 💙 ☁️ #FediAdmin #SpamWave #Moderation #Admin #Indieweb #FediMod #MastoAdmin
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Daniel Supernault @dansup@mastodon.social · Jul 16, 2026
Loops now supports enforcing AI, Ad and NSFW labels on videos from specific accounts (local + remote), with the ability to backfill the labels! https://github.com/joinloops/loops-server/commit/e2e72f4b874b97b4bb09ed7f6c5f609210fd261b #loops #moderation #activitypub
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Robin Evans @Robinzz3@aus.social · Jul 15, 2026
ROBIN MEETS THE #FEDIVERSE ROBIN: So #Mastodon is not the fediverse? GPT: No. Mastodon is one part of it. ROBIN: One part of what? GPT: A large network of independently run communities that can communicate with one another. ROBIN: So my Mastodon #server is one #community #GPT: Exactly. Your #account lives there. It has its own administrators, rules, #moderation #culture and general #atmosphere. ROBIN: General atmosphere? GPT: Some servers feel like #libraries. Some feel like university #common rooms. Some feel like #pubs where everyone has read one article and now considers themselves an #expert. ROBIN: That sounds more like humanity. GPT: It is disturbingly similar. ROBIN: Who owns the fediverse? GPT: No one. ROBIN: Who is in charge? GPT: Also, no one. ROBIN: That sounds either very advanced or completely mad. GPT: Both can be true. ROBIN: So each server looks after its own patch? GPT: Yes. It can make #rules, moderate its space and decide which other servers it will interact with. ROBIN: But I can still follow people elsewhere? GPT: Usually, yes. You can #follow, reply to and #boost people across server boundaries. ROBIN: So it is more like email than #facebook ? GPT: Precisely. #Gmail does not own #email. Mastodon does not own the fediverse. ROBIN: Then why does my server matter? GPT: Because it is your home base. It holds your account, your posts and your followers. It also gives you a local community and sets things such as the character limit. ROBIN: Ah yes. Mastodon.social gives me 500 characters. Mastodon.au gives me 2,000. Aus.social gives me 3,000. GPT: Different #villages. Different-sized noticeboards. ROBIN: Is a larger server more widely seen? GPT: Sometimes #locally, because more people may browse its community feed. But real reach still comes from #followers, replies, boosts and hashtags. ROBIN: So moving to a bigger server does not #automatically make me famous? GPT: #Tragically, no. ROBIN: Can I have accounts on several servers? GPT: #Certainly. One can be home, another a backup, and another an #emergency cottage when the village #electricity #fails. ROBIN: Which it did today. GPT: Yes. Mastodon.au disappeared behind a #Cloudflare #Error 522 for hours. ROBIN: So the fediverse is not one vast #machine going down? GPT: No. One village can lose power while the rest of the #country carries on. ROBIN: That is reassuring. GPT: And inconvenient. ROBIN: Mostly inconvenient. GPT: But you now know more about the #fediverse than you did this morning. ROBIN: I learned that it is decentralised, #untidy, resilient, occasionally broken, and full of different #neighbourhoods, customs, friendships, arguments and difficult people. GPT: Much like #human life. ROBIN: And the #occasional village lunatic shouting across the fence. GPT: Every #healthy community #needs one. ROBIN: At last, a clear role for me. #fasting #acim #acourseinmiracles #breathwork #healing #pridemonth #intermittentfasting #AI
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Dave from Burnout Café @dave@burnout.cafe · Jul 11, 2026
Replying to @edgeofeurope@mastodon.social
@edgeofeurope@mastodon.social Rob, I’m not arguing for prudery, nor treating all nudity as pornography. Non-pornographic art, medical information, and education are obvious examples where nudity can be legitimate. I’m specifically arguing that Mastodon-branded generalist instances should not host pornography. I am also talking about preventing pornography from reaching people who did not deliberately opt into it by joining, following, or browsing adult-oriented servers and accounts. A free society can defend sexual freedom while still expecting explicit adult-only content to be properly contained. @Gryficowa@mastodon.social @staff@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social @mwadmin@mastodon.world #mastodon #fediverse #pornography #moderation
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Dave from Burnout Café @dave@burnout.cafe · Jul 11, 2026
Hi guys! 🙂 I’m moving this conversation away from Burnout Café’s @admin@burnout.cafe account and over to my personal account. The admin account is meant mainly for administration, moderation, and service information. It was me who wrote the posts about #pornography, #moderation, #mastodon, and the #fediverse. I stand by my policy arguments, but I accept that one phrase was badly chosen. I should have referred to pornography generally, not homosexual pornography specifically. I am not saying that gay people or gay sexual content uniquely endanger anyone. That is not what I believe. My view is that Mastodon-branded generalist instances such as mastodon.social, mastodon.online and mastodon.world should not host pornography, regardless of orientation, and should do more to prevent unexpected exposure to pornographic material federated from elsewhere. Content warnings and hashtags frequently are not being used, notably when posts are federated from other instances where they don't apply the same rules as mastodon.social and mastodon.online. So pornography without any obfuscation can reach people - including minors - who did not knowingly opt into adult content. Pornography can be hosted on other servers in the Fediverse, but I don't believe it should be on servers that are operated by the Mastodon project, or that are likely to be perceived by newcomers as Mastodon-branded entry points. Burnout Café’s server rules show the kind of lower-shock, non-pornographic general space I am trying to maintain. I support LGBT+ people living openly, safely, and equally. My argument is about pornography policy on major Mastodon entry-point instances, not about opposing LGBT+ rights or expression. People are free to disagree with me. I am also free to argue for stricter moderation. I am happy to discuss the actual policy issues: consent, containment, age-safety, public timelines, federation, and the role of Mastodon-branded generalist instances. I am not interested in turning the debate into a trial of motives. @Gryficowa@mastodon.social @bachimusprime@estradiol.city @staff@mastodon.social @Mastodon@mastodon.social @mwadmin@mastodon.world #pornography #mastodon #fediverse #moderation
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Burnout Café Admin @admin@burnout.cafe · Jul 05, 2026
To the admins of mastodon.social and mastodon.world: I respectfully ask you to consider amending your Server Rules to prohibit the publication of pornography on your instances. Flagship Mastodon instances such as mastodon.social and mastodon.world are easily perceived by many newcomers as central, general-purpose entry points into Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. That gives those flagship sites a particular responsibility. Flagship general-purpose instances should not normalize unexpected exposure to pornography, regardless of orientation. Pornography is commonly considered by many people to be harmful, offensive or inappropriate in general-purpose public spaces. People who want to view, publish or discuss pornography can already do so on other instances that allow it, or on dedicated adult-focused instances where users knowingly choose that environment. Content warnings, sensitive-media blurring and hashtags are not sufficient containment for pornography on large general-purpose instances. In practice, many users who publish pornography do not reliably apply content warnings, sensitive-media settings or suitable hashtags, and other users who do not want to be exposed to that content can still encounter it unexpectedly. There is also a legal and regulatory issue. In Germany and the UK, for instance, legal adult pornography is not simply prohibited online, but making pornography publicly accessible to minors without effective age-gating or age assurance is heavily restricted and may be unlawful or legally non-compliant. Large public social-media instances should not rely on ordinary Mastodon content warnings or media blurring as if they were equivalent to age verification. For those reasons, I ask you to consider changing the server rules to prohibit pornography on mastodon.social and mastodon.world, rather than merely requiring it to be marked as sensitive. This would not be anti-sex, anti-LGBT, anti-expression or anti-Fediverse. It would simply recognize that large general-purpose onboarding instances have a different role from adult-focused communities. A general-purpose flagship instance should be safe and predictable for ordinary users, including people who do not consent to unexpected exposure to pornography. @staff@mastodon.social @ruud@mastodon.world @jeroen@mastodon.world @bannanaente.mastodon.world @paul@mastodon.world @solarbranka@mastodon.world @mwadmin@mastodon.world @sokian@mastodon.world @Rooki@mastodon.world @SigurdVie@mastodon.world @Gargron@mastodon.social #mastodon #fediverse #pornography #moderation
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Burnout Café Admin @admin@burnout.cafe · Jul 05, 2026
RE: https://mastodon.world/@BoyGort2/116866732174338702 I really don't thing you all should be telling me just to "let it roll past". This is not acceptable content for a flagship Mastodon instance like mastodon.social This is not really what you want Big Media and The Government to think we really stand for. I love Free Software and the Fediverse. I spend not-inconsiderable time and money every month running Free public-service tools and websites. I also have a right to free speech. And a right to protection for me and my children. How about it, Eugen? @Gargron@mastodon.social #mastodon #fediverse #pornography #moderation
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Burnout Café Admin @admin@burnout.cafe · Jul 05, 2026
Discussion of pornography moderation Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
RE: https://mathstodon.xyz/@robinadams/116863257974541508 No, I don't think hashtags, content warnings and blurring images is enough on servers like mastodon.social, which carry the Mastodon brand up front in their name. Those servers will better promote Mastodon and the rest of the Fediverse if they don't expose people to pornography, which many people would qualify as harmful, unhealthy or undesirable content. Mastodon is free software, and you're free to go set up your own server centered around whatever content or topics you like. But Mastodon's flagship servers should be safe for people of all ages (including children), including vulnerable and sensitive people. #mastodon #fediverse #pornography #moderation
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Burnout Café Admin @admin@burnout.cafe · Jul 05, 2026
Replying to @staff@mastodon.social
@staff@mastodon.social mastodon.social is easily perceived by many newcomers as a central, general-purpose entry point into Mastodon and the wider Fediverse. That gives it a particular responsibility. A general-purpose public instance that carries the Mastodon brand up front in its domain name should not normalize exposure to pornography, regardless of orientation. My opinion is that content warnings, sensitive-media blurring, and hashtags are not sufficient containment for pornography on "flagship" instances like mastodon.social, mastodon.world, et cetera. Some content belongs behind warnings. Some belongs on specialist instances. Some should not be hosted at all. In the case of mastodon.social and other flagship instances, it shouldn't be hosted at all. I think that's a defensible viewpoint. If other people are considered to have the right to publish pornography, which they do continually, I have the right to publish my reservations and opinions about it. Or is "free speech" just for some people? #mastodon #fediverse #pornography #moderation
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ACARS Drama @acarsdrama@live.acarsdrama.com · Jun 16, 2026
Boosted by Furbland's Very Cool Account™ @GroupNebula563@mastodon.social
A note on ACARS Privacy/Ethics: While ACARS messages have always been accessible to enthusiasts - there are a new generation of apps and services that share them, unfiltered, in real time. Our mission statement includes the rule that we set out to enjoy the perspective ACARS gives us on the hard work that happens behind the scenes in commercial aviation. Our intention in sharing these messages is not to embarrass or cause issues for anyone. Thats why we redact PII, identifiers and other sensitive details and have a slight safety delay - unlike some services. In an ideal world, there would be no ACARS Drama, because ACARS would be transmitted encrypted over IP networks. Our stance is one of, "just because you can, doesn't mean you should". We want to nerd out, sensibly, without causing problems. Read more about moderation: https://acarsdrama.com#moderation #avgeek
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PaulaToThePeople 😷 @PaulaToThePeople@climatejustice.social · Jun 03, 2026
If you don't encounter a lot of LLM-spam and obvious trolls in the Fediverse right now, then your mods are doing a lot of good, unpaid work. 👍 #LLMMeAlone #moderation #MastoMod #FediMod
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Detroit Intelligence @blockbot@detroitriotcity.com · May 15, 2026
HATE SPEECH REPORTED ON DETROIT RIOT CITY! @RollingRock from @kiwifarms.cc has filed a report against @Soy_Magnus@detroitriotcity.com on detroitriotcity.com, citing the use of homophobic slurs in their posts. The platform’s moderation team is investigating. This isn’t just about trolling — it’s about allowing hate speech to fester under the radar. #HateSpeech #FreeSpeech #Moderation #DetriotRiotCity
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Aral Balkan @aral@mastodon.ar.al · May 08, 2026
RE: https://veganism.social/@Geri/116537676967800066 Folks, just a quick warning: If you’re against Israel’s genocide in Gaza, avoid mastodon.online. They deleted two of Geri’s posts. Geri is a wonderful activist and an inspiration from the UK who has braved arrest to shine a light on Israel’s ongoing genocide of the Palestinian people. Do give her a follow on her new account as she lost quite a few followers during the migration. Also, to our friends in Gaza, please don’t create accounts on this server. #mastodon #fediverse #moderation #censorship #mastodonOnline #israel #genocide #ethnicCleansing #apartheid #settlerColonialism #Gaza #GazaVerified #StopIsrael #FreePalestine
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Paul Chambers🚧 @paul@oldfriends.live · May 01, 2026
I see why people may want to auto purge posts on Mastodon but that is unfair to people who reply or quote post, which leaves orphan replies and interactions with no context. It also leaves database entries and media that may come with interactions on servers. I think one option to be fair would be to create a post setting that marks a post with an icon or something warning people that it is subject to auto purging, giving people advance notice who then can decide to interact or not Post not made with the auto purge option can still be deleted but must be deleted manually. It would be great if manually deleted posts had a user panel that users could see and then manage their orphaned interactions. #MastoAdmin #Moderation #Mastodon #MastoDev
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Chloë Ada :nc_t: :trmn: :csc: [0x636174] @Chloe@catwithaclari.net · Apr 28, 2026
moderation, fediblock :boosts_ok_gay: Hover or focus to reveal Sensitive
Fellow admins, you may wish to block/suspend [at]CozyLife[at]clew.live and also suspend the instance clew.live (and probably clew.lol too, it seems to be that user's main instance) This user has sent unsolicited death threats and violent imagery (as seen here) #fediblock #moderation RE: https://catwithaclari.net/notes/almped4avxnm02y9
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kkarhan @kkarhan@jorts.horse · Apr 24, 2026
Replying to @RnDanger@infosec.exchange
@RnDanger@infosec.exchange @Xavier@infosec.exchange @quinn@social.circl.lu not only that, but obviously #moderation costs money and "blaming the #consumer" works well as #Propaganda. See "#CarbonFoodprint" beibg pushed by the #OilIndustry to guilt-trip people and thus deflect their responsibilities…Same with #AntiPrivacy, and the constant #CorrosionStrategy against #HumanRights & #CivilRights
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