Designing decentralized moderation

In decentralized social networks, moderation decisions are made locally by users, servers, or other network entities. This basic…

Bluesky's Moderation Architecture | Bluesky

Moderation is a crucial aspect of any social network. However, traditional moderation systems often lack transparency and user control, leaving communities vulnerable to sudden policy changes and potential mismanagement. To build a better social media ecosystem, it is necessary to try new approaches.

The secret rules of the internet

The murky history of moderation, and how it’s shaping the future of free speech.

The Moderation article

The internet was antiblack from day one. A breakdown of AT Protocol's moderation stack and Blacksky's plan to build community-controlled protection.

The Inexorable Push For Infrastructure Moderation

I’m grateful to Techdirt and the EFF for this series. There are so many legitimately difficult issues around content moderation at the application layer—that is, on (and usually by) pla…

AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold

The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderation scenarios are starting to get attention. While the labeling system was released all the way back i...

The Networked Leviathan: For Democratic Platforms

The Networked Leviathan is a book by Paul Gowder, Professor of Law at Northwestern University, which offers a case and a roadmap for democratizing major internet platforms.

Play nice! How the internet is trying to design out toxic behaviour

Online abuse can be cruel – but for some tech companies it is an existential threat. Can giants such as Facebook use behavioural psychology and persuasive design to tame the trolls?

Auto Moderation in Discord

Automated moderation can play a large role in rule enforcement and keeping your community safe even when there aren’t always eyes to do it for you.

Frontiers | Cyber-mobbing, technology-facilitated abuse and online violence

This article collection will explore the pressing issues of cyber-mobbing, technology-facilitated abuse and online violence, including online abuse, stalking...

AT Moderation Architecture | bryan newbold (⛱️ sabbatical mode)

The AT network is becoming more heterogeneous in practice, with independent PDS hosts, apps, and alternative bsky AppViews establishing themselves. This means that more complex inter-service moderation scenarios are starting to get attention. While the labeling system was released all the way back i...

Moderation in Infrastructure

Infrastructure companies need a distinct approach to moderation that focuses on neutrality and due process.

Beyond moderation: labelers for security/safe browsing, existing services to use · bluesky-social atproto · Discussion #1595

So far, much of the conversation around third party labelers has focused on content moderation. That's an important first use case, but obviously not the only one. We talked a bit about the dow...

Open-source tools needed for the future of decentralized moderation

A small list of various open-source software that needs to exist to power the future of Trust & Safety for decentralized social networking software.

On the coordination for better moderation systems

There is a need for better moderation systems on the fediverse. But getting people to coordinate to build and adopt such systems is proving to be a challenge.