Thread by @jimkillock

I met @RiotChat today, to talk about the challenges of being open source, federated, secure *and* thinking about content issues.

They think these goals are compatible, and can be done better than in closed, centralised environments.

This is very interesting! #onlineharms

@RiotChat The next government is very likely to carry on with an #onlineharms Bill. They'll focus on the existing players and problems: it's incredibly important that the Bill does not make other approaches more difficult.

@RiotChat Equally, though, decentralised approaches mean a potential diversity of content standards. What can be or is shared or accessed can vary between nodes. What different people or servers believe is acceptable is naturally different.

@RiotChat That can lead to better outcomes than with single, centralised monolithic services, which enforce one standard only, more or less.