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
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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 threadJonathan-FL 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸⚛️💙
@Richard_Hull @TomRaftery @jpoesen - journa[.]host has done some controversial things. There is also https://newsie.social
None are in any way official.
Newsie

A large and professionally administered Mastodon server that hosts a large number of journalists and news outlets. Content focuses heavily on news and current events. #newstodon

Mastodon hosted on newsie.social
Nov 27, 2022 at 11:45pmWeb
Show threadTom RafteryNov 28, 2022
@AmerLiberal @Richard_Hull @jpoesen That’s why I thought it better if the news organisations themselves set up their own instances
Show threadJonathan-FL 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇵🇸⚛️💙Nov 28, 2022
@TomRaftery @Richard_Hull @jpoesen - I agree. Those news organizations with the resources to set up Fediverse servers certainly should. and there are also lots of independent journalists and small groups.