Aral BalkanMar 27, 2024

Dear @Gargron,

A fediverse server called Threads is violating mastodon.social’s second server rule:

“2. No racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia…
Transphobic behavior such as intentional misgendering and deadnaming is strictly prohibited.”

https://glaad.org/smsi/report-meta-fails-to-moderate-extreme-anti-trans-hate-across-facebook-instagram-and-threads/

Can you please defederate from this server to protect the trans people on mastodon.social?

Thank you.

PS. It’s run by these guys: https://techcrunch.com/2024/03/26/facebook-secret-project-snooped-snapchat-user-traffic/

#mastodonSocial #fediblock #threads #meta #mastodon #transphobia

Report – Unsafe: Meta Fails to Moderate Extreme Anti-trans Hate Across Facebook, Instagram, and Threads | GLAAD

GLAAD’s Social Media Safety Program reported the following anti-trans hate content across Instagram, Facebook, and Threads; Meta deemed all of it non-violative or did not take action on it.

GLAAD | GLAAD rewrites the script for LGBTQ acceptance.
Show threadeatyourglory
@aral Genuine question, how is defederating threads protecting trans people?
Mar 28, 2024 at 8:46amWeb
Show threadTripopMar 28, 2024
@eatyourglory @aral because trans people are babies, they cannot know how to defend themself, and like... use mastodon to block servers and users, so big admin guy have to think for them.

I guess.
Show threadAral BalkanMar 28, 2024

@tripop Go away.

@eatyourglory

Show threadTripopMar 28, 2024
@aral @eatyourglory Oh sorry, i leave you in your bubble. 👋
Show threadAral BalkanMar 28, 2024
@eatyourglory In the same way that defederating Gab is.
Show threadTrackerRoo Mar 28, 2024
@eatyourglory @aral Will anything of actual value be lost by kicking Threads to the curb? I doubt it. If the users there cant figure out how to join an instance with actual moderation that is very much a them problem and nowhere near a me problem.
Show threadlucretiaMar 28, 2024
@eatyourglory @aral by not giving established hate groups and their large audiences direct access to us.
Show threadFediThing Mar 28, 2024

@eatyourglory @aral

By preventing anti-trans bigotry from spreading to other servers.

It is a long-standing principle on the Fediverse that if an instance refuses to moderate hate content, the instance is defederated.

Meta is refusing to moderate hate content so it should be defederated.

Show threadKimMar 29, 2024
@FediThing @eatyourglory @aral just do it.
Show threadViolet MadderMar 28, 2024

@eatyourglory @aral

Did you even look at the article?

Show threadeatyourgloryMar 28, 2024
@violetmadder @aral I did. The article didn't directly say that defederating threads would protect trans people.
Show threadViolet MadderMar 28, 2024

@eatyourglory @aral

Do you honestly not understand the concept of blocking servers that allow hate speech, or are you being deliberately obtuse?

Show threadeatyourgloryMar 28, 2024
@violetmadder @aral I was just trying to get some clarification.
Show threadProfessor_StevensMar 28, 2024

@eatyourglory @aral

Simple: Threads wants to be federated. If they didn't want to, they wouldn't have entered a federation. Depriving them of something they want until they improve their moderation in favor of the welfare of trans people motivates them (Threads) to do more to protect trans people.

Threads/Meta likes being big. But instances are necessarily small enough to have effective moderation. They can adopt that model, or go elsewhere.

Show threadeatyourgloryMar 28, 2024
@Professor_Stevens @aral I see. What do you think about the moderation on mastodon.social then?