Matrix Conference 2025

Matrix Conference 2025

Travis Ralston

Travis is the Foundation's Trust & Safety (T&S) technical lead alongside his other roles as Director of Standards Development, Spec Core Team (SCT) member, SCT Governing Board representative, and Senior Software Developer at Element. He spends most of his time building and designing layered T&S tooling for Matrix users, communities, and server owners to operate, with a particular focus on ensuring the spec meets the needs of that tooling.


Session

10-18
13:35
50min
Community safety with policy servers
Travis Ralston

Policy servers (MSC4284) are a new way of providing communities with an additional layer of protection against spam and other unwelcome content. In this talk we'll cover what policy servers are, how they work, and how to set one up for your community on Matrix.

Privacy, Policy & Moderation
Ada Byron