IFTAS Activity Tracker

From the IFTAS Moderator Library, supporting Fediverse trust & safety

Updated on 2024-04-30

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

Completed

Community Collaboration PortalTrust and safety Library, News, Discussion Forums, and Member Groups for moderators, community managers, and trust and safety subject matter experts.
Advisory CouncilThe Moderator Advisory Council is an advisory group of nine active moderators that receives a monthly stipend for reviewing IFTAS plans, products, and services.
IFTAS-curated Domain DenylistsIFTAS offers the IFTAS DNI List – a labelled list of do-not-interact domains, and CARIAD, an aggregated list of the most-blocked domains as observed on the busiest, most active Mastodon servers.
Day one denylist SupportFediCheck is a Web service from IFTAS that allows new service providers to review and subscribe to external sources such as the IFTAS CARIAD database for automated denylist additions and retractions. If you’d like to use FediCheck for your server, please register your interest.
Digital Services Act GuidanceIncludes the IFTAS/Tremau Digital Services Act (DSA) Explainer for Fediverse administrators
Mastodon Moderation Training SandboxFree server for Mastodon moderators to play with all the tools and buttons on a Mastodon server. When applying, please confirm the server(s) you moderate for
CSAM GuidanceLabel page, primer, reporting guidelines
Community ChatMatrix space
Community NewsletterMonthly newsletter option
Common VocabularyShared vocabulary of labels and definitions.
Charitable StatusMake a sustaining contribution
Sponsor the Moderator Advisory Council
Support FediCheck
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.
Content Classification ServiceHash and match Web service to identify and report CSAMRegister to be notified when CCS is available.
Shared Vocabulary TranslationTranslation of the shared labels and definitions will occur on CrowdIn once we have the necessary licenses
Post-trauma resourcesResources will be made available in the library as they become available
Personal Digital SafetyIFTAS has acquired 20 Tall Poppy licenses and is scheduling the first cohort for onboarding. If you’d like to be notified when we open up to more applicants, let us know using this form.
GDPR GuidanceGDPR FAQ for administrators and moderators
Moderator Team TemplatesModerator Agreement Template, Moderator Code of Conduct Template. If you’d like to add your insight and feedback, fill out this brief questionnaire.
Bluesky LabellingOur Bluesky links:
IFTAS
IFTAS Labeller
Trust and Safety Custom Feed

Planning

Disinformation / Misinformation ResourcesAPI, content classification tools, trusted flaggers
Spam Account registration resourcesstopforumspam, IP reputation, others
NCII Hash and matchtbd
Malicious URL scannerAPI
Regulatory Compliance GuidanceGDPR, OSA (AU), OSA (UK), PIPEDA, COPPA,
Core Privacy Policyminimum-necessary templates
Core Community Guidelinesminimum-necessary templates
IFTAS Connect content translation
IFTAS Connect wiki pages

Back Burner

Group InsuranceVery few services provide or have obtained insurance. IFTAS could investigate helping procure group-based insurance
Pro Bono / Low cost legal adviceInvestigate pro bono / low bono services from law firms willing to support open social web service providers and moderators
Caretaker ServiceIFTAS could offer a caretaker service to preserve servers coming up for shutdown
Registered Representative serviceSocial web providers seeking to meet compliance with EU and/or UK requirements will need a registered agent/point of contact. This could be IFTAS provides, or IFTAS purchases bulk option from an agent service
Age verification guidance
CSAM Detection via APITo explore use of Arachnid and/or 3-is (or similar)
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