Notices by The Nexus of Privacy (thenexusofprivacy@infosec.exchange), page 2

Blocklists in the fediverse

https://privacy.thenexus.today/blocklists-in-the-fediverse/

Part 2 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse -- and whatever comes next"

This installment has five sections:

- Blocklists

- Widely shared blocklists can lead to significant harm

- Blocklists potentially centralize power -- although can also counter other power-centralizing tendencies

- Today's fediverse relies on instance blocking and blocklists

- Steps towards better blocklists

#fediverse #mastodon @fediversenews

It's possible to talk about The Bad Space without being racist or anti-trans – but it's not as easy as it sounds

https://privacy.thenexus.today/the-bad-space/

Part 3 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse -- and whatever comes next". See the parent posts for previous installments.

Contents:

- Intro

- The Bad Space and FSEP

- A bug leads to messy discussions, some of which are productive

- Nobody's perfect in situations like this

- These discussions aren't occurring in a vacuum

- Also: Black trans, queer, and non-binary people exist

#TheBadSpace

Mastodon and today's fediverse are unsafe by design and unsafe by default – and instance blocking is a blunt but powerful safety tool

Parts 1, 2, and 3 of "Golden opportunities for the fediverse – and whatever comes next"

https://privacy.thenexus.today/unsafe-by-design-and-unsafe-by-default/

Over the course of this multi-part series, I'll discuss Mastodon and the fediverse's long-standing problems with abuse and harassment; the strengths and weaknesses of current tools like instance blocking and blocklists; the approaches emerging tools like #TheBadSpace and #Fediseer take, along with potential problems; paths to improving the situation; and how the fediverse as a whole can seize the moment and build on the progress that's being made; . At the end I'll collect it all into a single post, with a revised introduction.

This first installment has three sections:

- Today's fediverse is unsafe by design and unsafe by default

- Instance-level federation choices are a blunt but powerful safety tool

- Instance-level federation decisions reflect norms, policies, and interpretations

#fediverse #mastodon

Should the Fediverse welcome its new surveillance-capitalism overlords? Opinions differ!

https://privacy.thenexus.today/should-the-fediverse-welcome-surveillance-capitalism/

Contents:

- Two views of the fediverse
- The case for "Trust but verify"
- Wait a second. Why should anybody trust Facebook, Instagram, or Meta?
- Why the Anti-Meta FediPact is good strategy
- We're here, we're queer, fuck Facebook
- A few words about digital colonialism
- Now's a good time for instance admins to discuss with their communities
- In chaos there is opportunity!

@fediverse@lemmy.ml @fediverse@kbin.social #fediverse #Meta #FediPact