<![CDATA[My latest FOSS Academic post is a doozy.]]>My latest FOSS Academic post is a doozy. It's "Reading the Digital Safety Act with My Mastodon Admin Hat On":

https://fossacademic.tech/2026/06/11/reading-digital-safety-act.html

I'm reading Canada's proposed Digital Safety Act. My conclusion is that the proposed regulations could be very burdensome to non-profit, community-run social media, including AoIR.social.

I'd love feedback on this, particularly from Canadian fediverse admins.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/topic/b4748a63-b783-48fc-b562-c1cbd61409fb/my-latest-foss-academic-post-is-a-doozy.RSS for NodeFri, 12 Jun 2026 05:39:22 GMTThu, 11 Jun 2026 21:46:45 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to My latest FOSS Academic post is a doozy. on Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:34:46 GMT]]>@rwg

you might want to talk with Drew @freezenet who posted the first part of an analysis of the bill.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.world/users/TrueNorthSpice/statuses/116734327921291396https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://mastodon.world/users/TrueNorthSpice/statuses/116734327921291396Fri, 12 Jun 2026 00:34:46 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My latest FOSS Academic post is a doozy. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:50:39 GMT]]>@rwg Hopefully some of the labeling requirements can be handled by this:

https://fires.fedimod.org/

(and some labels: https://fires.1sland.social/labels)

(Mostly using IFTAS labels, but 'Synthetic Media' is one of them.)

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://olifant.social/users/oli/statuses/01KTWE2S0QDWA3SREHSHJ8YHHNhttps://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://olifant.social/users/oli/statuses/01KTWE2S0QDWA3SREHSHJ8YHHNThu, 11 Jun 2026 22:50:39 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My latest FOSS Academic post is a doozy. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:08:41 GMT]]>@rwg if the law applies to small instances like Ten Forward then compliance would be an untenable burden for me.

I expect it to not apply to fediverse instances or anything that has less than say, 1M monthly average users, historically such laws have targeted the large social networks.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://tenforward.social/users/packetcat/statuses/116733753495405890https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://tenforward.social/users/packetcat/statuses/116733753495405890Thu, 11 Jun 2026 22:08:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to My latest FOSS Academic post is a doozy. on Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:58:43 GMT]]>@rwg@aoir.social usually there's a carve out for smaller instances. If this affects all social networks regardless of size, this makes my business as a purveyor of hosted forums essentially untenable.

Watching closely.

]]>https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2013https://forum.pierobosio.it/post/https://activitypub.space/post/2013Thu, 11 Jun 2026 21:58:43 GMT