Connected PlacesJul 12, 2023

The Dutch government has officially launched their own Mastodon server, State Secretary of Digitalisation @avhuffelen announced today! The server lives on the official domain of the Dutch government, at social.overheid.nl.

The Secretary mentions in her announcement a letter to the government explaining her support for 'value-driven alternative social networks', such as Mastodon. For more information on that, check out
https://fediversereport.com/dutch-government-officially-launches-mastodon-server/

Dutch government officially launches Mastodon server

The Dutch government has officially launched their own Mastodon server. In an accompanying letter, the State Secretary explains how this relates to the government strategy of supporting digital common goods.

fediversereport.com
Show threadTim Chambers

@fediversereport @avhuffelen

Every taxpayer funded org should HAVE to - as a requirement in the funding - to use open social media in addition to what they do on closed platforms…

Jul 12, 2023 at 2:45pmWeb
Show threadPhil ReesJul 12, 2023

@tchambers @fediversereport @avhuffelen I'd go beyond that and require that content is first posted to open systems under the direct control of the taxpayer funded org. Courtesy of technical and policy failures at Twitter the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is now in the ridiculous position of having a broken social media widget as the most prominent element on its homepage. We need to disintermediate our discourse.

https://www.leg.bc.ca

WELCOME to the LEGISLATIVE ASSEMBLY of BRITISH COLUMBIA

Show threadGabriele PollaraJul 12, 2023
@tchambers @fediversereport @avhuffelen Right exactly, also so that each governing authority is in control of its own social media outputs and longevity (i.e. not outsourced to the whim of another company). https://med-mastodon.com/@gpollara/110702013943556218
Gabriele Pollara (@[email protected])

Interesting move this, and maybe more organisations will begin to think that they want to be in charge of their social media offerings by hosting their own output.Success of this approach may ultimately rely on #ActivityPub integration with #Threads (so that its Dutch users can read the Dutch government material on #Mastodon). @[email protected] https://social.overheid.nl/@avhuffelen/110700825255524685

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