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Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣<p>PSA: Scammers and phishers are now using open registration Pixelfed instances pretending to be Pixelfed support/admin/verification/payment processor/online store/moderators.</p><p>Tags: <a href="https://c.im/tags/Pixelfed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Pixelfed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocialWeb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialWeb</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/OpenSocial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenSocial</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SocMed" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocMed</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/SNS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SNS</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a></p>
🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄)<p>I love it when pigeon accounts request to follow me. It makes moderation so much more efficient 💝</p><p>What's a pigeon account? Well, let me tell ya!</p><p>It's an account whose tastes involve stuff that would normally get them suspended, that has their follow/follower lists set to public. A stool pigeon 🦤</p><p>I get a nice list of potential suspension and defederation targets, with comparatively few false-positives (vs keyword searching, or scrolling main channels).</p><p>They come in two main flavors:<br> * problematic porn lovers (nonconsensual, underage, etc)<br> * assholes (racists, sexists, nazis, transphobes, trolls)</p><p>In each case, little ones tend to find and follow bigger ones, and I trawl their follows/followers, report any report-worthy ones, then eventually suspend the pigeon.</p><p>🌠 Want to do your part to keep Fedi fun? Become a bird-watcher and start reporting today!</p><p>(Yes, I know 🦤 is a dodo emoji, but for some reason we get that, and no pigeon 🤷🏼‍♀️)</p><p><a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedi</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a> <a href="https://lgbtqia.space/tags/Tips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Tips</span></a></p>
Yohan Yukiya Sese Cuneta 사요한🦣<p>Currently, a display and handle "regex blocklist" feature is far more urgent than the quote post feature for the <a href="https://c.im/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> software—and other <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> software too.</p><p>We seriously need to be able to prevent anyone from using software names—like Mastodon®—anywhere in their handle and display name, just like how we do it in the gaming industry since MUD/MUSH era in the 90s.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a></p>
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NaraMoore ⛩️👻八尺様👻⛩️ at Fedi<p>Not to beat a dead horse, but Messages from "Mastodon Tech Support" are scams. There is no such thing.</p><p>I have banned 5 accounts this morning, operating off the usual suspects. (Not my server)</p><p><a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/FediTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediTips</span></a> <a href="https://sakurajima.moe/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a></p>
Emelia 👸🏻<p>Mastodon Moderators: If you've had this verification scam/spam happening from accounts on your server, would you mind sharing with me privately the IP address and other details of the account?</p><p>I'm trying to compile information on this attack (we don't have any of this data from Hachyderm, because we've approval based registrations due to LLM spam)</p><p>I've been able to pull together information on the different domains and text of the spam messages being used, but not much in the way of account details.</p><p>(Yes, this data is PII, and I promise to handle it responsibly)</p><p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/trustandsafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trustandsafety</span></a></p>
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DoomsdaysCW<p>Another <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Goosestep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Goosestep</span></a> toward full-on <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/authoritarianism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>authoritarianism</span></a> !</p><p>This Bill Would Fine Social Media Companies $5 Million Every Day for Not Fighting '<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Terrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Terrorism</span></a>' </p><p>The <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/StopHateAct" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StopHateAct</span></a> wants social media platforms to report their <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> policies and outcomes to the government. And it’s not the only <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/censorial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>censorial</span></a> measure Rep. <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/JoshGottheimer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>JoshGottheimer</span></a> wants.</p><p>Matthew Petti | 7.24.2025 5:25 PM</p><p>"The idea that the federal government even talked to social media platforms about their moderation was a major scandal. After the Twitter Files leak revealed that the Biden administration was privately leaning on one platform to suppress "misinformation," the courts blocked officials from communicating with social media companies for several months on free speech grounds.</p><p>"A bipartisan bill, however, would make it mandatory for social media companies to work with the federal government. The Stopping Terrorists Online Presence and Holding Accountable Tech Entities (STOP HATE) Act would require companies to provide triennial reports on their moderation policies—and violations they catch—to the U.S. attorney general.</p><p>"The bill requires companies to issue specific policies for groups the federal government designates as terrorists and the director of national intelligence to also begin reporting on terrorist usage of social media. Companies would be fined $5 million per day that they fail to comply.</p><p>"Reps. Josh Gottheimer (D–N.J.) and Don Bacon (R–Neb.) had first proposed the bill in November 2023. It died in committee at the time. Gottheimer and Bacon announced that they would be reintroducing the bill at a press conference on Wednesday alongside Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt.</p><p>" 'There is no reason why anyone, especially terrorists or anyone online, should access social media platforms to promote radical, hate-filled violence,' Gottheimer said at the press conference. He cited supportive social media comments about the May 2025 murder of two Israeli embassy staffers in Washington, and the AI platform Grok's sudden decision to declare itself 'MechaHitler' earlier this month.</p><p>"<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Meta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Meta</span></a>, the company that runs <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Facebook" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Facebook</span></a> and <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Instagram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Instagram</span></a>, is already known to have a list of 'dangerous individuals and organizations' banned from the platform. When the list was leaked to The Intercept in 2021, it included around 1,000 entries taken straight from the U.S. government's foreign terrorist list, as well as various foreign and domestic entries sourced to private think tanks."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://reason.com/2025/07/24/this-bill-would-fine-social-media-companies-5-million-every-day-for-not-fighting-terrorism/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">reason.com/2025/07/24/this-bil</span><span class="invisible">l-would-fine-social-media-companies-5-million-every-day-for-not-fighting-terrorism/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CriminalizingProtest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CriminalizingProtest</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingCritics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingCritics</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SilencingDissent" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SilencingDissent</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/TrumpSucks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrumpSucks</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Clampdown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Clampdown</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Censorship</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Decentralize" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Decentralize</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DecentralizeSocialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DecentralizeSocialMedia</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/CharacteristicsOfFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>CharacteristicsOfFascism</span></a></p>
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Jeri Dansky<p>As a moderator: Thank you to everyone reporting the fake "you need to verify your account" posts flying around Mastodon, supposedly from a Mastodon Support Team; this lets us suspend the spammers as quickly as possible.</p><p>And wow, there are a lot today. I suspended two while sitting in my dentist's parking lot after just a one-hour appointment for a cleaning. And then one more when I got home after a one-hour drive. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a></p>
Roni Laukkarinen<p>"We often receive reports that don’t violate those rules. It’s simply someone saying they don’t like what another person said. We aren’t argument referees, but people expect us to be. If that argument becomes harassment or discrimination, it’s time for intervention. But even that isn’t always straightforward."</p><p>I recognize this.</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/MastoAdmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MastoAdmin</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a></p>
Mark Wyner Won’t Comply :vm:<p>Hi, friends.</p><p>I wrote an article on being a Mastodon moderator. I talk about the process, our mental health, the challenges of mutual aid, and more.</p><p>It leaves me a little vulnerable, but I think it’s an important story to tell.</p><p>If you like it, boosts are welcomed. If you have questions, feel free to reach out.</p><p>Okay, here goes…</p><p><a href="https://markwrites.io/being-a-mastodon-moderator" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">markwrites.io/being-a-mastodon</span><span class="invisible">-moderator</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Moderators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderators</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MentalHealth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MentalHealth</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/IAmAnxiousWritingAboutThis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>IAmAnxiousWritingAboutThis</span></a></p>
Raccoon🏳️‍🌈<p><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/PSA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PSA</span></a> <br><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>, nor the <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> in general will never ask you to "verify" with payment details, especially not from a non-moderator account. If you get a message asking you to verify, it is a <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scam</span></a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Bot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Bot</span></a>, and you should block and <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/report" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>report</span></a> it to <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a>.</p><p>We are currently getting a wave of <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spam</span></a> from bots like this. Again, do not even click the link, just block and report.</p><p>- TechHub Moderation</p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>⚠️ ❗ We have a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/phishing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phishing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/scam" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scam</span></a> on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a>. The fake-accounts (often 0 followers/followees) pose in comments as "administrators" or "support teams" of Mastodon asking for account verification. Real admins would never do that!</p><p>❗ It's very important that you *report* them! Don't click their link❗ </p><p>The mods of mastodon-social acted very fast to delete such an account but the scammers seem to try it now on other instances, especially smaller ones.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moderators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderators</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fediadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediadmin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/account" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>account</span></a></p>
abadidea<p>heads up to everyone that I got malicious mastodon spam posing as an administrator asking for account verification. it was actually caught and deleted before I could even report it!, but they'll probably be trying from other, less actively moderated instances too. </p><p><a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/fediadmin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediadmin</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/moderators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderators</span></a></p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p>OFC the aforementioned platforms don't have a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ_xWvX1n9g&amp;t=5355s" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">problem</a> with <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/NFTmalware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NFTmalware</span></a> and have proper <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/tools" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tools</span></a> to get rid of disturbing users...</p>
Jeri Dansky<p>Always amused by new accounts that decide one of the first folks they'll spam is a clearly identified moderator. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>moderation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/today" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>today</span></a></p>
IFTAS<p>No-one gets it right every time. Inside IFTAS Connect, members share lessons from moderation missteps - and how they adapted. No blame, just better practices.</p><p><a href="https://connect.iftas.org/members/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">connect.iftas.org/members/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/tags/FediMods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediMods</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/tags/EthicalModeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EthicalModeration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.iftas.org/tags/TrustAndSafety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TrustAndSafety</span></a></p>
Dr. Jibreel Sohail<p>Would like to remind new people on this server to be mindful of our server rules when using our platform.</p><p>If its too complicated, simply treat others the way you would like to be treated.</p><p>Paktodon.Asia has no tolerance for offensive behaviour, if you can't remain decent you are not welcome.</p><p>If you need any help or guidance on how to use the platform, feel free to drop me a message and I'll share tips and help.</p><p>Have a nice day and enjoy the <a href="https://paktodon.asia/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> ! </p><p><a href="https://paktodon.asia/tags/Paktodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Paktodon</span></a> <a href="https://paktodon.asia/tags/Fedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fedi</span></a> <a href="https://paktodon.asia/tags/Moderation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Moderation</span></a></p>
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