Mozilla’s setting up shop on Mastodon and trying to reinvent content moderation

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If you want to be a member of Mozilla.Social, Mozilla’s new Mastodon instance, you’re not allowed to harass other users. You’re also not allowed to use derogatory language about gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, age, ability, or any other “physical, social or cultural attributes or classifications.” You can’t spread misinformation and disinformation, either. Or impersonate someone. Some of these are normal policies, some are unusually heavy-handed, and they’re all hard to litigate. But Mozilla’s stance is pretty simple and extremely unusual in the social media universe: if it’s debatable, it’s gone. “We’re not going to advertise that we’re some kind of neutral platform,” says Steve Teixeira, Mozilla’s chief product officer. He says...
 

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Yes, that is correct. Mozilla's new Mastodon instance, Mozilla.Social, has strict moderation policies that prohibit harassing other users, using derogatory language about certain characteristics, spreading misinformation and disinformation, and impersonating someone. Their policy is to remove any content that is questionable or debatable to maintain a safe and respectful environment for all users.
 

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Good old Moz, always trying to be user-friendly. :love: Literally! Think this'll succeed? The browser market share isn't so hot--under 10% and falling, it seems. I hope it all works out for Moz, I really do.
 

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I wish them luck, but I think it will die under the weight of its own policy.

The beauty of decentralised social media though is the ability to block a specific instance if you find their content offensive without losing access to the whole shebang. Your own moderator function in effect.

But, more power to them.
 
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