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IFTAS Service Shutdowns
https://about.iftas.org/2025/03/...The following services are no longer sustainable or do not have the necessary support to continue, and will be shutdown as listed: IFTAS CCS: CCS will be shut down Wednesday March 19. All incoming webhooks must be disabled by Friday March 14. IFTAS FediCheck: FediCheck will no longer publish automated updates to servers effective immediately. […]
3.3.2025 14:49IFTAS Service Shutdowns
https://about.iftas.org/2025/03/...Funding Challenges and the Future of Our Work
https://about.iftas.org/2025/02/...Over the past two years Independent Federated Trust and Safety (IFTAS) has provided crucial support to independent, decentralised social media moderators, administrators, and community managers. Our mission has been to equip these individuals with the knowledge, resources, and services needed to create and nurture safe, civil, and inclusive online spaces.
However, despite our best efforts to secure sustainable funding, IFTAS is now facing a critical financial shortfall. Without immediate support, we will be forced to severely curtail our activities in the next 60 days. With our current commitments we will be unable to pay our bills in April.
Therefore we are preparing to scale back our activities and reduce our ability to advocate for better trust and safety standards across decentralised platforms.
At this juncture we are committed to continue fundraising until February 28. If by then we have still failed to source funds, we will begin closing down some of our activities. Any formal announcement of our plans will happen on or after March 1, 2025.
6.2.2025 18:00Funding Challenges and the Future of Our Work
https://about.iftas.org/2025/02/...January 2025 Update
https://about.iftas.org/2025/01/...We have a few activities rumbling along and it’s probably time for an update, so here goes. Content Classification System CCS is a third-party content classifier operated by IFTAS, and in its pilot form it hashes and matches media to detect known CSAM. We’ve run over a million media files through the stress-test phase and […]
23.1.2025 14:52January 2025 Update
https://about.iftas.org/2025/01/...Welcoming Erin Kissane
https://about.iftas.org/2024/11/...We are thrilled to announce that Erin Kissane has joined the IFTAS Advisory Board! Erin brings a unique and deeply informed perspective on trust, safety, and governance in decentralised online spaces, making her an invaluable addition to our mission of supporting independent social media communities. Erin’s recent work on Fediverse Governance underscores her dedication to […]
27.11.2024 17:30Welcoming Erin Kissane
https://about.iftas.org/2024/11/...