European CommissionMay 17, 2024

Our commitment to the fediverse is here to stay.

Today, we launched our new Mastodon instance. It will ensure a privacy-focused space to engage with and get the latest from our Commissioners, departments, and the official voices of the Commission.

We want to thank @Mastodon for stewarding us and helping us make this possible.

Fostering European digital players is vital to our strategy for a stronger #DigitalEU.

This is a unique opportunity to grow the community even more. Let's get there!

Show threadTroed Sångberg

@EUCommission

So instead of a general EU instance at "social.network.europa.eu" there's now a single instance for the European Commission only at "ec.social-network.europa.eu"?

I'm happy that you're still here, but wow that seems like a waste of resources. Running the instance for the EC only is no more work than running one at one level higher for all of the EU institutions :(

May 17, 2024 at 8:55amWeb
Show threadEuropean CommissionMay 17, 2024
Hi @troed! Thank you for your comment! The old instance was a pilot. After a technical and legal analysis of this pilot, we concluded that it was appropriate to establish an instance dedicated only to the Commission to comply with the high data protection standards of each EU institution. While we were the first EU institution to create its own instance, we are committed to helping the other institutions do the same or migrate their content to another established instance.