City Techie

@erin@mstdn.ca Thanks for addressing this! I'll repost the 5-strikes moderation policy from our peers at the Newfoundland instance (https://nfld.me/about) It gives mods time and latitude to separate the real offenders from false positives while giving users an opportunity to appeal or change behaviour at every step. People are fallible and whenever reasonable, we should give them chances to change their behaviour.

@zoeschiffer Next, they'll make users renew their handles annually as if they were domain names.

@qabluna@mstdn.ca @erin@mstdn.ca @chad@mstdn.ca I second this consideration, but it's perhaps not only a moderation issue but also a legal and compliance one. I'm going to link to the @rahaeli thread here (https://twitter.com/rahaeli/status/1593819064161665024) but I don't think it applies to us as the servers are in Canada. Also, here is an article about the legal implications in the UK (https://decoded.legal/blog/2022/11/notes-on-operating-fediverse-services-mastodon-pleroma-etc-from-an-english-law-point-of-view) Not a lawyer but I'm sure there are quite a few among us who can help ensure all Canadian laws are followed.

@erin@mstdn.ca

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@qabluna@mstdn.ca @erin@mstdn.ca @chad@mstdn.ca cc: @Paulatics@mstdn.ca as she makes the telecommunication laws.