Following the example of the German government and the European Commission, the government of the Netherlands is now running their own Mastodon server! No middlemen between them and their constituents! Welcome @minbzk!
@Gargron@minbzk this is so awesome to see. Well done Masotdon team! Free communication that is not controlled by evil American corporations will become a reality everywhere!
@Gargron I think those institutions will start a constructive trend. Social media is going through a major transition. Public awareness of the issues appears to be rather low. Most people may not care about unhealthy social media side effects. Or they cannot envision a healthy version.
@Gargron
It is not government in Germany.
See here https://social.bund.de/about
"Der Bundesbeauftragte für den Datenschutz und die Informationsfreiheit (BfDI) betreibt diese Mastodon-Instanz für Zwecke der eigenen Presse- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit."
@Gargron@minbzk Meanwhile the UK government are still deciding which of their mates to bung a few billion £s to to provide a server.
Which will probably never get delivered.
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