Richard HullNov 27, 2022
So, the European Union has set up its own Mastodon instance, EU Voice, as an official channel/platform for all its many institutions - what a great initiative https://social.network.europa.eu/about
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EU Voice

EU Voice is the official ActivityPub platform of the EU institutions. With EU Video, it is part of an alternative social media pilot proposed and provided by the European Data Protection Supervisor.

Mastodon hosted on social.network.europa.eu
Show threadjpoesenNov 27, 2022

@Richard_Hull It's a lovely initiative - one I hope many more organisations will follow.

I've started keeping track of these 'official' instances here:

https://gitlab.com/mastolist/org-instances

Mastodon Organisational Instance List / Official Mastodon Instances · GitLab

An unofficial list of organisations that have set up a Mastodon instance under their own brand / identity.

GitLab
Show threadTom RafteryNov 27, 2022
@jpoesen @Richard_Hull I'd love to see news agencies do this so their journalists are verified just by being on the server
Show threadRichard HullNov 27, 2022
@TomRaftery @jpoesen There is an instance for journalists, not sure how 'official' https://journa.host/explore
#TwitterMigration
Journa.host

The server for working journalists and news outlets on Mastodon. Home to active & retired journalists, media scholars, and a variety of news and journalism adjacent professionals. #Newstodon

Mastodon hosted on journa.host
Show threadjpoesenNov 27, 2022

@Richard_Hull @TomRaftery Hmmm... those journo instances are similar to all other community-oriented mastodon neighborhoods.

Nothing wrong with them, but for journalists I would love to see orgs run *their own* instances, if only to provide instant 'verification'.

What could be more trustworthy - identity wise - than seeing accounts like @[email protected]?

Show threadTom RafteryNov 27, 2022
@jpoesen @Richard_Hull Exactly
Show threadRichard HullNov 27, 2022
@TomRaftery @jpoesen Yes, The #Guardian had a presence a few years ago which is dormant, but not their own server. But this does raise the question - could a bad actor set up a server pretending to be a trusted organisation? I don't know enough about how Mastodon monitors new servers/instances.
Show threadTom RafteryNov 27, 2022
@Richard_Hull @jpoesen I’d assume ICANN would stop anyone who falsely registered a legitimate domain name
Show threadRichard Hull
@TomRaftery @jpoesen Ahh, of course
Nov 27, 2022 at 10:46amWeb