I found this academic paper from Stanford's Internet Observatory that's actually brilliant! It not only addresses rampant predatory behaviour on certain parts of the fediverse, but proposes a federated solution to automatically reporting CSAM to NCMEC. I would absolutely implement this in a heartbeat! :vlpn_happy_heart:
Hello #fediblockmeta, many people are discussing #thebadspace#blocklist after they blocked tech.lgbt, but few people went through all 355 pages to look at it the #badspace contents. I did that and want to share my findings.
I don't want attention or followers, but I want this post shared, so I am posting from an alt.
I've been thinking about this for a while now, but now I have an acute reason: Someone on a #FediBlockMeta instance is #doxing me.
They use my full name, a profile pic of my face and even post child pictures of me while posting horrific (racist, pedophilic,... ) stuff in between.
I guess two things one can try to do is find out the hoster and the domain registrar and ask them to shut the site down.
But how exactly do I find them out?
Other than that does it make any sense to pursue legal action?
All this conversation about #Meta on #Fedi feels like the worst parts of geek culture. So technical, without understanding context or what strikes can actually do. My thoughts:
Meta will make a great app for Fedi because it has more money to throw at the task. People will start using that because it's better. It will have QTs and an algorithm. People they want to follow will be there.
So the purpose of the #fedipact virtual picket is to stake a claim and build a common consciousness. It could grow - we could build a cross-#fediverse infrastructure to negotiate and make collective decisions. We could develop a standard for all those who want to join - a viral thing. @dk
wrote of this a long while ago.
The point of the #fediblockMeta is not to stop them, it ultimately cannot do that. The point of it is to realize what we can do together.