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Fediverse admins and mods: do you have a plan for dealing with US Presidential election disinformation in 2024?
I'm glad to see so many people have a plan. We haven't put much work into it at CoSocial, partly because we're Canadian and partly because it hasn't come up. If you've written up your plan, please share!
not a fan of admins/mods shutting down info they just think isn't true. we're all often wrong. I guess if no server becomes too big it might be ok but there is so far a lefty bias here on mainstream fedi and there could be pressure for all servers to fall in line.
Note that "censoring information" is different than "banning trolls." If you say something we don't like or disagree with, we'll discuss it. We will even consider your point of view. Both sides can learn something, if they are willing. But we will bring logic and evidence to the conversation, which breaks apart disinformation and propaganda piece by piece.
But, if you are a troll and are harassing people, that is a different story. Even if your information is correct, harassment is against the rules.
@evan Qualified yes: We plan to moderate accounts and servers that spread disinfo, it's in our CoC. But that's not a very detailed plan, and if we see larger quantities or qualitatively different disinfo than in the past, maybe more planning would be desirable.
I guess adding moderators would be one plan that could help us deal with a larger or more complex threat.
@evan Qualified no: small non US-centric instance
@evan I am not an admin/mod, so I did not vote, but my plan is to report and block promptly. Seems to be working so far.
@evan we have just prototyped a new tool for moderators to deal with potential misleading contents on the fedi : https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/content_labelling_in_bonfire
Would love to get feedbacks and codesign it together (original thread: https://indieweb.social/@bonfire/111822653600466648 )
@evan
Your question highlights an important element of the Fediverse
Our instance is run by the business so this topic really has no impact on us and I assume most smaller (non-consumer) instances would be in the same spot.
Just like email, we cannot moderate anything outside of our bubble.
The intersection of moderation and protocol freedom is interesting
@samir I think our massively distributed network is a source of strength and weakness. Strength, in that there are a LOT more moderators per user than on commercial networks, and most users feel empowered to participate in moderation decisions. Weakness, because we have diffusion of responsibility; everyone can shrug and say it's not their job to fix it. Also, weakness because we have very few trained, professional trust and safety people.
