Decentralising the Web is a desirable but challenging goal. One particular challenge is achieving decentralised content moderation in the face of various adversaries (e.g. trolls). To overcome this challenge, many Decentralised Web (DW) implementations rely on federation policies. Administrators use these policies to create rules that ban or modify content that matches specific rules. This, however, can have unintended consequences for many users. In this paper, we present the first study of federation policies on the DW, their in-the-wild usage, and their impact on users. We identify how these policies may negatively impact "innocent" users and outline possible solutions to avoid this problem in the future.

翻译：分散管理网络是一个可取但具有挑战性的目标。 面对各种对手(如巨魔),一个特别的挑战就是实现分散管理内容的节制。 为了克服这一挑战,许多分散管理网络(DW)的执行依靠联邦政策。 管理者们利用这些政策制定规则,禁止或修改与具体规则相符的内容。 但是,这可能对许多用户产生意想不到的后果。 在本文中,我们首次介绍了联邦关于DW的政策、其老本的用途及其对用户的影响的研究。 我们确定这些政策如何对“无辜”用户产生不利影响,并列出今后避免这一问题的可能解决办法。