IFTAS Activity Tracker

From the IFTAS Trust & Safety Library - supporting volunteer moderators in the Fediverse

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IFTAS undertakes activities in response to the Moderator Needs Assessment survey.

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Community Collaboration PortalIFTAS Connect is the trust and safety Library, News, Discussion Forums, and Member Groups for moderators, community managers, service administrators, academic researchers, and trust and safety subject matter experts.
IFTAS-curated Domain DenylistsIFTAS offers the IFTAS DNI List – a labelled list of do-not-interact domains, and CARIAD, a domain observatory of the most-blocked domains as observed on the busiest, most active Mastodon servers. All lists are human-reviewed and approved for inclusion by IFTAS.
Digital Services Act GuidanceIncludes the IFTAS/Tremau Digital Services Act (DSA) Explainer for Fediverse service providers.
CSAM GuidanceLabel page, primer, reporting guidelines.
Community ChatOur Matrix space has over 200 members.
Common VocabularyShared vocabulary of labels and definitions.
Charitable StatusMake a sustaining contribution
Donate stocks, securities and cryptocurrency

In Progress #

Social Web Information Sharing and Analysis CentreThe Social Web ISAC will convene a range of members to create a mechanism for rapid data analysis and sharing to help combat spam, CSAM, disinformation, TVEC, NCII and service abuse.
Shared Vocabulary TranslationTranslation of the shared labels and definitions is now underway, join in!
Post-trauma resources
Moderator HandbookCurrently in final edits.

Planning #

Core Privacy Policyminimum-necessary templates
Core Community Guidelinesminimum-necessary templates

Back Burner #

Pro Bono / Low cost legal adviceInvestigate pro bono / low bono services from law firms willing to support open social web service providers and moderators. In the meanwhile, EFF has offered to review requests for legal assistance for Fediverse admins and moderators – email info@eff.org
Services for managed hostsFediverse hosts that have expressed interest in bolting on IFTAS tools and resources to their offerings.
Age verification guidanceAn increasing number of jurisdictions require age verification.
CSAM Detection via APITo explore use of Arachnid and/or 3-is (or similar)
This page was last updated on 2025-04-07
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