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Reminder: if you're a new admin to the fediverse, you're going to need to look up and comply with your local laws around objectionable content, reporting, and copyright infringement requests.

Not doing this could end badly for you.

#FediTips #MastoAdmins #MastoAdmin
What do you mean by ‘could end badly’? Can you please elaborate?
Lawsuits, criminal liability stuff like that
I see. #Defederation as well. I believe there is a need for establishment of a ‘confederation’ of experts in Ethics, communication, and major server admin groups to set agreeable standards about these things.
probably, yes. One of the difficulties will be keeping the hateful side of fedi out of that group.
Good point Also a challenge will be to ‘temper’ the conversation to ensure ‘appropriate’ standards of communication are maintained. In #AoNZ, we have seen that people can die in the hands of terrorists if hate comm goes underground! There is a case to update #ChristchurchCall.
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There is no ability to have a polite conversation with people who seek to do harm, and they do not deserve a seat at the table. Ever.
I am with you on this as a user and admin. But the “liberal academic” side of me questions myself that evidence suggests we cannot push hate speech underground but need to confront them. How, I cannot say. Life is complex.
The evidence clearly shows that deplatforming works.
Deplatforming may work, but it also pushes hate speech underground where it has a chance to grow and harm people. There is a risk that needs careful study. I have not seen much evidence. If you know of studies, analyses, evidence, would greatly appreciate if you can share some links.
because of a blog post I wrote offsite about transgenderism. I didn’t share it on todon.nl, but someone found it privately and informed the admin about my evil views.

I was so mad. I created spinster.xyz and now there are 20,000 TERFs on the Fediverse.

So does deplatforming work? No.
In theory deplatforming should not work. But real world and ground evidence can bring up surprises that need careful consideration. It is and increasingly will be object of serious academic query over time.
Gleason is a known transphobe and hateful person, do not engage with him in my mentions
"Don't talk to people I don't like. Don't federate with people I don't like. Don't even THINK about people I don't like."
Holy shit, dude
> In theory deplatforming should not work.

Yes, Streisand Effect suggests it has exactly the opposite effect, at least online. There's a multitude of evidence that attempting to censor people or pieces of their content on the net significantly increases attention and support for them, @alex's story is just one example. Some people live in a fantasy world where deplatforming works and anyone who questions it is a covert fascist. They contribute daily to the problems they complain of.