Following the German @ZDF and @tagesschau, the BBC is giving Mastodon a go through their own server. You can now follow the official @BBCRadio4 and a few other accounts on social.bbc!
@Mastodon @ZDF @tagesschau @BBCRadio4 Great to see. Lets hope all the bBC News accounts appear soon also.

@Mastodon @ZDF @tagesschau @BBCRadio4

This is so good. IMO they ought to give a try to having the main news-feed X accounts they have also be present here and give us the news in the same way. I'd wager they'd quickly build quite a large following.

@Mastodon @ZDF @tagesschau @BBCRadio4

Certainly good news!

It will be interesting to see whether the fact I use an EU based Mastodon instance with me living in the UK affects my user experience of items they post.

(GDPR/cookies/popups ... all that irritating stuff that Mastodon seems to calm down.)

@Mastodon @ZDF @tagesschau @BBCRadio4 Neat! It's even more important that they're making their own servers! It's a sign that they and the wider world in general is not just looking at Mastodon as a mere alternative to Twitter. They also seem to be starting to see the importance of decentralized social media.
@Mastodon @ZDF @tagesschau @BBCRadio4 Keep in mind that they state it to be experimental.
After 6 months will they look at their data and decide if that instance is worth keeping or not...
@Mastodon I know more than a few people who use(d) Twitter for news. Hell, that's one of the reasons it became popular in the first place. If they bring the BBC News accounts, the Mastodon will quickly become more appealing to a lot more people. This is great news!

@Mastodon @ZDF @tagesschau @BBCRadio4

Other news: the mastodon.art curator has banned the whole social.bbc instance:

https://mastodon.art/@Curator/110809888584495290

Mastodon•ART 🎨 Curator (@[email protected])

Blocked the BBC instance (social.bbc) before any connections were formed there. As per our rules: "The following types of content [...] may result in account suspension and revocation of access to the service: Discrimination against gender and sexual minorities, or advocation thereof" and "We will block, suspend, or silence any instance which permits any of the content or behaviour prohibited by this instance." As soon as they stop being transphobic we'll lift the block. :artpeek:

Mastodon.ART

@Mastodon @BBCRadio4 cool… and I just want to point out for @BBC_News_Labs that @bbcworld currently has 30k followers and that is a bot reposting from twitter.

so, would love to see an official bbc world news here