Beta test of Mozilla Mastodon instance started, clear aggressive attitude to throw away 'neutrality' and specialize in moderation
One of the major features of Mastodon, a social network service that is attracting
Mozilla Social Private Beta Launch
https://blog.mozilla.org/en/mozilla/mozilla-social-mastodon-private-beta-announcement/
Mozilla's new Mozilla.Social Mastodon instance is an attempt to reinvent content moderation - The Verge
In December 2022, Mozilla announced that it would consider launching an instance on Mastodon to explore ``healthy social media alternatives''.
Mozilla declares ``We will start testing healthy SNS in early 2023'', and we are testing Mastodon first-GIGAZINE
And Mozilla updated its official blog on May 4, 2023, revealing that it has started a private beta test of the new Mastodon instance 'Mozilla.Social'. Anyone wishing to participate in the test can join the waiting list at this link .
The feature of 'Mozilla.Social' is that it professes not to pursue neutrality and aims to control by strong content moderation.
Regarding this policy, Mozilla said, ``You will find that our content moderation approach is very different compared to other major social media platforms. We believe that 'neutrality' is too often used as an excuse to allow harm to communities that have faced harassment and violence,' he said. I explained that the reason was that it had become a cover-up for the ration.
'Our content moderation plan is rooted in the goals and values expressed in Mozilla's manifesto: human dignity, inclusion , security, personal expression and collaboration. , believes that individual expression, especially in the United States, tends to be viewed as an absolute right to free speech at all costs, even if it comes at the cost of harm to others. Even if it is done, but we do not agree with this kind of thinking, ”he clearly showed his stance of emphasizing the protection of the community rather than freedom of speech.
Mozilla's mention of freedom of speech is believed to be behind the increase in hate speech on Twitter as a result of Elon Musk's acquisition of Twitter for free speech.
Researchers report that Twitter's hate speech is rapidly increasing after the acquisition of Elon Mask, Mr. Mask refutes as 'totally false' - GIGAZINE
According to Steve Teixeira, Mozilla's Chief Product Officer, moderation in 'Mozilla.Social' is a combination of automatic and manual moderation.
``It's still in the early stages of launching, and we're more interested in building the right space than building quickly,'' Teixeira told The Verge, an IT news site.
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