I thought that the massive usability cost and governance complexity of a federated social network wasn't worth it… until a narcissist billionaire bought my favourite online hangout on a whim, and now the costs of federation are looking pretty good to me!
POLICY
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Big Tech’s Climate Impact: COP27 and AI Solutions
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The interesting dilemma of #tech & the #ClimateCrisis – does big tech help solve or contribute to problems with the global climate crisis ? Big Tech’s seat at COP27 https://
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Trust Breach: Reconsidering AI Ethics and Corporate Accountability
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A week ago I would have agreed with you, but this feels different now: for me the trust thermocline here has been well and truly broken
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U.S. Banks Flag Over $1 Billion in Ransomware Transactions 2021
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U.S. banks flagged #ransomware related transactions adding up to more than $1 billion in 2021, the Treasury Department said. But the true numbers may actually be higher, says Paul Benda
@ABABankers
#cybersecurity #hacking #ciso https://
wsj.com/articles/repor
ted-ransomware-incidents-costs-soared-in-2021-treasury-says-11667513649
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Content Moderation: Survey on Human-AI Partnership
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According to a survey, humans and AI should be combined for effective online content moderation https://actuia.com/actualite/selon-un-sondage-humains-et-ia-doivent-etre-associes-pour-une-moderation-de-contenu-en-ligne-efficace/
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Decentralized Moderation: Distributed Responsibility Across Thousands
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I really do think that's one of its strengths though: there are genuinely thousands of servers, so the moderation responsibility is shared by a very wide set of volunteers
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Mastodon Moderation Scale and Server Covenant Standards
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My hunch is the Mastodon moderation scheme should scale well – there have been alt-right Mastodon instances for years now (Gab and Truth Social both use it) and most of the reputable servers just straight up block them See also the Mastodon covenant: https://
blog.joinmastodon.org/amp/2019/05/in
troducing-the-mastodon-server-covenant/
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Mastodon Moderation Strategy: Six Years of Careful Platform Governance
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Depends on your server and who you follow: I've had no problems at all but I'm not exactly in a demographic that gets harassed first! They've been thinking about moderation carefully for 6 years. This interview with the founder has useful thoughts on that https://
time.com/6229230/mastod
on-eugen-rochko-interview/
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Business risks with CCP partnerships in tech sector
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Well you get what you get when you go into business with the CCP
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Platform moderation fees and fake news enforcement policy
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Now that we’ll have a fee for blue tick, how about a fine for fake news?