Hardest thing I've had to write in quite some time:

Funding Challenges and the Future of Our Work – IFTAS

tl;dr - we are running out of money and will not be able to pay our bills in April. As such, unless we can secure funding by end of February, we will be closing down some services and re-examining our scope of activities.

📢 As of today we have scanned over 20,000 images and videos to monitor and mitigate potential CSAM. If you'd like to be on the list as we open up to more servers, please register your interest using this link (don't click the preview card, it won't work...)

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Registering helps us demonstrate need in our efforts to obtain funding for this expensive service - currently costing us ~$5,000 / month. (Donations are helpful too!) #MastoAdmin #FediAdmin

Of the 87 servers we saw compromised in the recent #SpamWave - 68 have modified registration settings and deleted the accounts, 15 remain open, 4 are now offline. Special thanks to @npub1ef6a...qte0 @npub1dq28...m52u @npub1pm45...j3n3 and all the IFTAS Connect community members that helped gather info, communicate with the impacted servers, and keep our data up to the minute. Today? New botnet creating accounts on your servers. See

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Social Web ISAC (@sw_isac@mastodon.iftas.org)

Be advised of bulk inauthentic account creation on multiple ActivityPub service providers using a range of email domains and a single IP address. ...

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Community Library – IFTAS

📢 Our 2024 #FediAdmin and #Moderator survey is open all year, but if you want your feedback included in our next project planning, you’ve got until the end of this week! All questions are optional - tell us how we can help so we know what to focus on next. Your input takes just a few minutes and has a direct impact on our future activities. 💬 Join the 115 participants so far! It doesn't matter how big or small your server is - if it federates, your voice matters.

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There are no walls on a spider’s web. I want a web where everyone can participate, where everyone is safe from abuse and harm, where civil society can flourish, where people can meet, learn, share, live, love, laugh. Our founding grants have delivered a “do not interact" list, the CARIAD denylist, FediCheck, a moderator library, prototype of an opt-in CSAM detection and reporting service, the IFTAS Connect community, and more. @Fediverse Moderation Discussion @npub1hx2m...qydj #nonprofit #community #support