diff --git a/js/app.js b/js/app.js
index 5730d5b2..803a6418 100644
--- a/js/app.js
+++ b/js/app.js
@@ -653,6 +653,7 @@ class Application {
           nostrClient,
           subscriptions,
           accessControl,
+          moderation: moderationService,
           getCurrentUserNpub: () => this.getCurrentUserNpub(),
           nwcSettings: this.nwcSettingsService,
           moderationSettings: {
diff --git a/js/services/moderationService.js b/js/services/moderationService.js
index beb94fad..f6cfae75 100644
--- a/js/services/moderationService.js
+++ b/js/services/moderationService.js
@@ -567,6 +567,72 @@ export class ModerationService {
     this.reconcileTrustedMuteSubscriptions(previousContacts, seededNext);
   }
 
+  getViewerContactsSnapshot({ includeViewer = false } = {}) {
+    const contacts =
+      this.viewerContacts instanceof Set ? this.viewerContacts : new Set();
+    const viewer = normalizeHex(this.viewerPubkey);
+    const list = [];
+
+    for (const value of contacts) {
+      const normalized = normalizeHex(value);
+      if (!normalized) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      if (!includeViewer && viewer && normalized === viewer) {
+        continue;
+      }
+      list.push({
+        pubkey: normalized,
+        npub: encodeToNpub(normalized) || "",
+      });
+    }
+
+    return list;
+  }
+
+  async ensureViewerContactsLoaded(pubkey = null) {
+    const target = normalizeHex(pubkey);
+    const viewer = normalizeHex(this.viewerPubkey);
+
+    if (target && target !== viewer) {
+      try {
+        await this.setViewerPubkey(target);
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.log(
+          "[moderationService] failed to set viewer pubkey while ensuring contacts",
+          error,
+        );
+      }
+      return this.getViewerContactsSnapshot();
+    }
+
+    if (this.contactListPromise) {
+      try {
+        await this.contactListPromise;
+      } catch (error) {
+        this.log(
+          "[moderationService] contact hydration failed while ensuring contacts",
+          error,
+        );
+      }
+    } else if (viewer) {
+      const hasContacts =
+        this.viewerContacts instanceof Set && this.viewerContacts.size > 0;
+      if (!hasContacts) {
+        try {
+          await this.fetchTrustedContacts(viewer);
+        } catch (error) {
+          this.log(
+            "[moderationService] failed to fetch viewer contacts while ensuring contacts",
+            error,
+          );
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    return this.getViewerContactsSnapshot();
+  }
+
   setTrustedSeeds(seeds = []) {
     const sanitizedSeeds = new Set();
 
diff --git a/js/ui/profileModalController.js b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
index de0863d9..bf1f27dc 100644
--- a/js/ui/profileModalController.js
+++ b/js/ui/profileModalController.js
@@ -282,6 +282,13 @@ const SERVICE_CONTRACT = [
     description:
       "Subscriptions manager used by the profile modal to inspect or refresh the viewer's channel subscriptions.",
   },
+  {
+    key: "moderation",
+    type: "object",
+    optional: true,
+    description:
+      "Moderation service exposing the viewer's Nostr contacts and trust graph metadata.",
+  },
   {
     key: "accessControl",
     type: "object",
@@ -866,6 +873,32 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
         ? subscriptionsServiceCandidate
         : null;
 
+    const moderationServiceCandidate = this.services.moderation;
+    this.moderationService =
+      moderationServiceCandidate &&
+      typeof moderationServiceCandidate === "object"
+        ? moderationServiceCandidate
+        : null;
+    this.unsubscribeModerationContacts = null;
+    if (
+      this.moderationService &&
+      typeof this.moderationService.on === "function"
+    ) {
+      try {
+        this.unsubscribeModerationContacts = this.moderationService.on(
+          "contacts",
+          () => {
+            void this.populateFriendsList();
+          },
+        );
+      } catch (error) {
+        devLogger.warn(
+          "[profileModal] Failed to subscribe to moderation contacts updates:",
+          error,
+        );
+      }
+    }
+
     this.hashtagPreferencesService = this.services.hashtagPreferences;
     this.describeHashtagPreferencesErrorService =
       this.services.describeHashtagPreferencesError;
@@ -3692,42 +3725,82 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
 
     try {
       let sourceEntries = [];
+      let usedModerationService = false;
 
       if (Array.isArray(friends) && friends.length) {
         sourceEntries = friends;
       } else {
-        const service = this.subscriptionsService;
+        const moderationService = this.moderationService;
 
-        if (!service) {
-          this.clearFriendsList();
-          return;
-        }
+        if (moderationService) {
+          let contacts = [];
 
-        if (typeof service.ensureLoaded === "function") {
-          try {
-            await service.ensureLoaded(activeHex);
-          } catch (error) {
-            devLogger.warn(
-              "[profileModal] Failed to ensure subscriptions before populating friends list:",
-              error,
-            );
+          if (
+            typeof moderationService.ensureViewerContactsLoaded === "function"
+          ) {
+            try {
+              contacts =
+                (await moderationService.ensureViewerContactsLoaded(activeHex)) ||
+                [];
+            } catch (error) {
+              devLogger.warn(
+                "[profileModal] Failed to ensure viewer contacts before populating friends list:",
+                error,
+              );
+              contacts = [];
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (!Array.isArray(contacts) || !contacts) {
+            contacts = [];
+          }
+
+          if (!contacts.length) {
+            if (moderationService.viewerContacts instanceof Set) {
+              contacts = Array.from(moderationService.viewerContacts);
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (Array.isArray(contacts)) {
+            sourceEntries = contacts;
+            usedModerationService = true;
           }
         }
 
-        if (typeof service.getSubscribedAuthors === "function") {
-          try {
-            sourceEntries = service.getSubscribedAuthors() || [];
-          } catch (error) {
-            devLogger.warn(
-              "[profileModal] Failed to resolve subscriptions for friends list:",
-              error,
-            );
-            sourceEntries = [];
+        if (!usedModerationService) {
+          const service = this.subscriptionsService;
+
+          if (!service) {
+            this.clearFriendsList();
+            return;
+          }
+
+          if (typeof service.ensureLoaded === "function") {
+            try {
+              await service.ensureLoaded(activeHex);
+            } catch (error) {
+              devLogger.warn(
+                "[profileModal] Failed to ensure subscriptions before populating friends list:",
+                error,
+              );
+            }
+          }
+
+          if (typeof service.getSubscribedAuthors === "function") {
+            try {
+              sourceEntries = service.getSubscribedAuthors() || [];
+            } catch (error) {
+              devLogger.warn(
+                "[profileModal] Failed to resolve subscriptions for friends list:",
+                error,
+              );
+              sourceEntries = [];
+            }
+          } else if (service.subscribedPubkeys instanceof Set) {
+            sourceEntries = Array.from(service.subscribedPubkeys);
+          } else if (Array.isArray(service.subscribedPubkeys)) {
+            sourceEntries = service.subscribedPubkeys.slice();
           }
-        } else if (service.subscribedPubkeys instanceof Set) {
-          sourceEntries = Array.from(service.subscribedPubkeys);
-        } else if (Array.isArray(service.subscribedPubkeys)) {
-          sourceEntries = service.subscribedPubkeys.slice();
         }
       }
 
@@ -3873,7 +3946,7 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
           actions.appendChild(copyButton);
         }
 
-        if (hex) {
+        if (hex && !usedModerationService) {
           const removeButton = this.createRemoveButton({
             label: "Remove",
             onRemove: () => this.handleRemoveFriend(hex),
@@ -3922,6 +3995,20 @@ export class ProfileModalController {
   }
 
   async handleRemoveFriend(candidate) {
+    if (
+      this.moderationService &&
+      (!this.subscriptionsService ||
+        typeof this.subscriptionsService.removeChannel !== "function")
+    ) {
+      this.showError(
+        "Friends are synced with your Nostr follows. Update your follows in your Nostr client to make changes.",
+      );
+      return {
+        success: false,
+        reason: "nostr-friends-managed-externally",
+      };
+    }
+
     const service = this.subscriptionsService;
     if (!service || typeof service.removeChannel !== "function") {
       this.showError("Friends list is unavailable right now.");