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decides?","id":"VRT006-Q06"}]}]}]},{"id":"VRT006-B3","name":"Activity","description":"What happens in the space.","layers":[{"id":"VRT006-B3-L1","name":"Content and moderation actions","description":"Posts, threads and the moderation applied to them.","findings":[{"id":"VRT006-F04","name":"Moderation action","description":"Content removed, members muted or banned, with reasons.","questions":[{"text":"Which moderation actions were taken, against which content or member, and why?","id":"VRT006-Q07"},{"text":"Was the affected member notified and offered a way to appeal?","id":"VRT006-Q08"}]},{"id":"VRT006-F05","name":"Activity level","description":"How active the channel is.","questions":[{"text":"How many members are active over a given period?","id":"VRT006-Q09"},{"text":"Is the channel still maintained, or abandoned by its owners?","id":"VRT006-Q10"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Summarize public channel content and rules for a user.","Assist moderators by flagging content that may 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social platforms, forums, chat services and mailing list servers.","Platform terms and online safety law shape moderation duties."]}},"sources":[{"title":"ActivityPub, W3C Recommendation","url":"https://www.w3.org/TR/activitypub/"},{"title":"Regulation (EU) 2022/2065 Digital Services Act, European Union"},{"title":"Santa Clara Principles on Transparency and Accountability in Content Moderation"}],"openQuestions":["Planned model: boundary questions, research and every section remain to be written."],"resources":{"spec":"https://ver.cy/models/wm-vrt-006-channel-community/spec.yaml","agents":"https://ver.cy/models/wm-vrt-006-channel-community/AGENTS.md"},"provenance":{"origin":"planned (registry 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unreviewed). Written from the card's existing content and established practice in the field; no new sources were read. Unreviewed."},"score":1.0}}