#sarashah — Public Fediverse posts

"It is just much harder for a volunteer-run, distributed system to roll out protections like E2EE than a centralized company."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Explain the logic underlying that conclusion. Counterexample, the Matrix network. A distributed system, much of which is volunteer-run.

#E2EE #decentralisation

"It is just much harder for a volunteer-run, distributed system to roll out protections like E2EE than a centralized company."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Explain the logic underlying that conclusion. Counterexample, the Matrix network. A distributed system, much of which is volunteer-run.

#E2EE #decentralisation

"It is just much harder for a volunteer-run, distributed system to roll out protections like E2EE than a centralized company."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Explain the logic underlying that conclusion. Counterexample, the Matrix network. A distributed system, much of which is volunteer-run.

#E2EE #decentralisation

"It is just much harder for a volunteer-run, distributed system to roll out protections like E2EE than a centralized company."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Explain the logic underlying that conclusion. Counterexample, the Matrix network. A distributed system, much of which is volunteer-run.

#E2EE #decentralisation

"Mastodon users probably aren’t aware of CSAM on the platform unless it leaks into their federated timelines. This can happen when a fellow user on their instance follows an account posting CSAM. Ways to handle this problem are few. Though users who follow CSAM-disseminating accounts can be suspended from an instance by administrators, they can easily set up a new account on another..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

#CSAM

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"Mastodon users probably aren’t aware of CSAM on the platform unless it leaks into their federated timelines. This can happen when a fellow user on their instance follows an account posting CSAM. Ways to handle this problem are few. Though users who follow CSAM-disseminating accounts can be suspended from an instance by administrators, they can easily set up a new account on another..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

#CSAM

(1/2)

"Mastodon users probably aren’t aware of CSAM on the platform unless it leaks into their federated timelines. This can happen when a fellow user on their instance follows an account posting CSAM. Ways to handle this problem are few. Though users who follow CSAM-disseminating accounts can be suspended from an instance by administrators, they can easily set up a new account on another..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

#CSAM

(1/2)

"Mastodon users probably aren’t aware of CSAM on the platform unless it leaks into their federated timelines. This can happen when a fellow user on their instance follows an account posting CSAM. Ways to handle this problem are few. Though users who follow CSAM-disseminating accounts can be suspended from an instance by administrators, they can easily set up a new account on another..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

#CSAM

(1/2)

"While large platforms with robust trust & safety teams are able to be more discerning in their moderation..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Are they though?

Centralised moderation teams often lack the context to know what they're looking at. Fediverse admins each take care of a small, well-defined bit of overall moderation; the bit that affects accounts on their server. They know what's acceptable in their community.

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#moderation

"While large platforms with robust trust & safety teams are able to be more discerning in their moderation..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Are they though?

Centralised moderation teams often lack the context to know what they're looking at. Fediverse admins each take care of a small, well-defined bit of overall moderation; the bit that affects accounts on their server. They know what's acceptable in their community.

(1/3)

#moderation

"While large platforms with robust trust & safety teams are able to be more discerning in their moderation..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Are they though?

Centralised moderation teams often lack the context to know what they're looking at. Fediverse admins each take care of a small, well-defined bit of overall moderation; the bit that affects accounts on their server. They know what's acceptable in their community.

(1/3)

#moderation

"While large platforms with robust trust & safety teams are able to be more discerning in their moderation..."

#AlexStamos, #SaraShah, #StanfordInternetObservatory, 2023

https://cyber.fsi.stanford.edu/io/news/common-abuses-mastodon-primer

Are they though?

Centralised moderation teams often lack the context to know what they're looking at. Fediverse admins each take care of a small, well-defined bit of overall moderation; the bit that affects accounts on their server. They know what's acceptable in their community.

(1/3)

#moderation