Trust conferencing apparatus and methods in digital communication

A conferencing system, comprising:

• a computerized appliance having a processor coupled to a machine-readable medium, the computerized appliance further coupled to one or more physical communication networks;
• a conferencing application executed by the processor on the computerized appliance from the machine-readable medium, the application comprising:
• functionality for responding to requests to join a conference, and for enabling requesters as participants;
• functionality for receiving and rendering text, voice or video data from each registered participant as text, voice or video data to be transmitted to individual ones of other participants;
• functionality for controlling which received text, voice or video data is transmitted to which participants;
• and
• functionality for receiving and executing instructions from a trust authority.