5 ways to fight election disinformation on Bluesky and the Fediverse
Grassroots election protection activism made the difference in 2020. It's time to do it again. Fighting disinfo is one good way to help – on the Fed…
Author: IFTAS-Connect
Ted Han and Andrés Monroy-Hernández join the IFTAS Advisory Board
We are excited to announce that Ted Han and Andrés Monroy-Hernández have joined the IFTAS Advisory Board! Ted is a distinguished leader in open-sour…
Coordinated Community Response Mitigates Fediverse Spam Attack
On October 8, 2024, an IFTAS Connect member observed one of the first spam posts from a network attack conducted by what appeared to be a reuse of the…
2024 Survey – Early Highlights
We are now reviewing the fantastic responses from our 2024 Needs Assessment participants. Thank you to everyone who participated! A very special thank…
How Decentralization Benefits Publishers, with 404 Media’s Jason Koebler and ProPublica’s Ben Werdmuller
It’s tough being a media outlet these days. Audiences are fractured, referrals from search engines are dropping, and publishers are at the mercy of algorithms…
IFTAS Update: Content Classification, Moderation Tooling
We are extremely proud to announce our Content Classification Service is up and running, with our first classifier active. We are starting with detect…
Make Identity Central Again, with Bluesky’s Jay Graber
There’s a reason journalist and Bluesky board member Mike Masnick calls the platform “the most interesting experiment going in social media.” Originally launched as a…
Welcoming the Social Web Foundation
We are excited to celebrate the launch of the Social Web Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to advancing the open, interconnected web through the Acti…
Your Voice Matters: Guide IFTAS with the 2024 Needs Assessment
At IFTAS, our mission is to support moderators, admins, and community managers by delivering the resources and tools they need most. To ensure we are …