Thread · 4 tweets · 26 Jan 2022

That's one of the reasons I am wondering if we can't figure out a way to have topics managed by federations of first parties. Groups of first parties could share a space in which topics learnt from one can be used on another — but not elsewhere. And rules would apply.

Right now all enforcement is on intermediaries, who have the right but little legitimacy in doing it. With federations, monitoring and enforcement moves to the group, which being a group of people-facing companies is more accountable.

Of course, EthnoState.us and VaxxAreMurder.com can still make a federation of their own, but now we can question intermediaries that accept to serve that entire federation at once, instead of whack-a-mole style.

Anyway — I don't know what the best mechanism for this would be, but I think both the issues with Topics and part of brand safety would be better served by more local decision structures.