Edward BarrowNov 8, 2022
@jburnmurdoch @t0nyyates I think that one model we are likely to see is institutional servers, as the German gov't has already set up. Running a Mastodon instance on corporate iron, along with the webserver and SMTP. The FT might well run one for all its journalists.
Show threadLennard van OtterlooNov 8, 2022

@ejoftheweb @jburnmurdoch @t0nyyates
The German Data Commissioner is advocating that all public bodies should leave Facebook (and presumably Twitter) and use open platforms instead.

Various German bodies and authorities have already created their own Mastodon servers, as have many EU agencies and the Commission.

https://mstdn.social/@TheEuropeanNetwork/109307607062425853

The European Network (@[email protected])

Germany’s data protection commissioner Ulrich Kelber is waging a campaign to get government bodies to close their Facebook pages, since, he says, there is no way of hosting a page there that conforms to European privacy laws. Authorities should move to the federal government’s own Mastodon instance, he says. The European Commission also maintains a server for European Union bodies to toot from. https://www.euractiv.com/section/media/news/mastodon-what-is-the-social-network-hailed-as-a-twitter-alternative/ #Germany #Mastodon #Facebook #UlrichKelber #BfDI

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Show threadTony Meredith
@jamestplunkett This is the post I mentioned.
Nov 8, 2022 at 1:53pmWeb
Show threadJames PlunkettNov 11, 2022
@Tony_Meredith thanks