MastodonElon Musk and X are once again proving why institutions should never rely on corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms to reach their people.
ThinSlicelyToday we are calling on institutions around the world to take control of their #DigitalSovereignty, including their social accounts. Governments should communicate directly with their citizens on open platforms, not through the mouthpiece of a corporation.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/
If you care about digital sovereignty and want to see your government join the #fediverse, contact them to say that #ItsTimeToAbolishX.
Help us make a list of how to get in touch with a representative in your area under this post, and don’t forget to #hashtag so your neighbours can find it 👇🏽 we’ll start:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states_en
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
Werner
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Fluffgar 🏴@Mastodon
Riaghaltas na h-Alba (The Scottish Government) has a contact page.
#alba #scotland #ScotGov
https://www.gov.scot/about/contact-information/
Riaghaltas na h-Alba (The Scottish Government) has a contact page.
#alba #scotland #ScotGov
https://www.gov.scot/about/contact-information/
@Mastodon
Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (The Scottish Parliament) also has a contact page.
#alba #scotland #ScotGov
https://www.parliament.scot/contact-us
Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (The Scottish Parliament) also has a contact page.
#alba #scotland #ScotGov
https://www.parliament.scot/contact-us
@Mastodon
They also have a page for finding the member of the parliament for your own area, and how to contact them.
#alba #scotland #ScotGov
https://www.parliament.scot/msps
They also have a page for finding the member of the parliament for your own area, and how to contact them.
#alba #scotland #ScotGov
https://www.parliament.scot/msps
James Tweedie
Strypey@MyricaGale
> I've noticed the Greens have Mastodon accounts
Do they host their own Mastodon service(s), or do they contract it out to the Mastodon company's hosting service?
> Unlike many SNP MPs/MSPs who have decided the private enterprise Bluesky is the way to go
Are you sure? In theory, they could be hosting their own PDS, and using the BlackSky relay (or another one independent of BlueSky), while allowing BS members to follow them.
Just curious.
@MyricaGale
> The Green accounts I follow seem to be on Mastodon.scot
That's a start. But I'll be more impressed when they're posting as @[email protected]
> Most of the SNP ones are on Bluesky
Even that's a step forward from Xitter. But again, I'll be more impressed when I see them posting on either network using snp.org. I mean, rather than being under someone else's domain ... ; )
@MyricaGale
> I'd hope it would come when they realise they can set up their own servers
Has no one told them? If not, why not?!
Kai Rüsberg 
@Mastodon We at https://savesocial.eu/ started the initiative to make the German Government quit X now. Anyone can join and sign our petition (text in German): http://www.weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x
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Networks For Democracy. Das freie Internet wird abgeschafft – es wurde von den Big-Tech-Monopolen übernommen. Die wachsende Dominanz der Plattformkonzerne für Information und Austausch führt zu einer Konzentration von Meinungsmacht, die unsere Demokratie gefährdet. Doch das Internet gehört uns allen, wir müssen es von der Dominanz der Monopolkonzerne befreien: Unsere Gesellschaft braucht andere Plattformen für...
Fay@Ruhrnalist @Mastodon Signed!
Reg
Alec Muffett@ReggieHere @Mastodon They can dream.
Seems to be part of a much wider trend.
https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2025/06/11/views-of-the-united-states/
@ReggieHere @Mastodon there were multiple reasons why Usenet died and if prompted and provided with enough beer, I will happily expound on the topic for an hour in front of an audience.
I'd be interested to hear your reasons, but afaik Usenet was knocked down by the web and buried by smartphones but still exists.
Q: “Where are the universities in the Fediverse?” A: “I suspect that they are wisely avoiding getting into content-moderation arguments…” (HT: @[email protected])
There’s an understandably optimistic posting on Mastodon today: Where are the universities in the Fediverse?Why don’t universities have their own Mastodon instances yet?Why don’t …
Xodus.online@Mastodon great initiative, can we collaborate? This website http://xodus.online is aimed at bringing the various campaigns on this together Email contact [email protected]
@Mastodon @Ruhrnalist Keeping a list of petitions to sign here ! https://xodus.online/act/ ! Also list of organisations campaigning on this here https://xodus.online/about/ ! Please contact us to add to these lists, and follow us for updates !
「 ✦ Tristan ✦ 」@xodus_online @Mastodon I don't really agree with the website on several issue's. You said Twitter promotes "Far right" whatever that means to you, but it's not only far right (which you dedicate a whole page to), but also far left who are promoted by Twitter. Let's not make it about politics. They promote whatever gets people fired up, which is both sides of the isle.
You also said on the website that Bluesky is a good alternative, which I don't agree with. Bluesky has a prominent bias for "left wingers". I think both sides of the extremes are not good.
Over 60% of shared links on Bluesky lead to left-wing sites, 20% centrist, and only 8% right-leaning, per a University of Zurich study.
I don't agree with the new policies of Twitter (is why I'm here) but let's take back social media from politics and let social media be what it always was, a media to be social with people, not a politics forum :D
Jürgen Hubert@tristan @xodus_online @Mastodon
Well, Elon Musk is widely known for supporting fascists.
Jess Fairbairn@tristan @xodus_online @Mastodon you are right that Twitter's whole algorithmic business plan encourages echo chambers in general and discourages proper debate but also... Look at the dude
Raphael Albert
Grassroots for Europe🇪🇺
Ozzy
Nerd Together@Mastodon I just know about fediverse, it's the best social media that i ever used. I can choose what my home looks like, and i can do self host 
MagnusWJ
Diego de la Hera@Mastodon I think @govdirectory might be useful in this context: https://www.govdirectory.org/
It is a collaborative directory of government agencies, using data from @wikidata. Developed by @ainali and @abbe98 and supported by #WikimediaSverige.
It is a collaborative directory of government agencies, using data from @wikidata. Developed by @ainali and @abbe98 and supported by #WikimediaSverige.
Jan AinaliWhile we do try to collect contact details for all public organizations in the world, we don't collect such about politicians/representatives, which I think was the ask here.
(Separately, credit should also go to @wikimediaDE who arguably has supported the project more than WMSE.)
The Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️⚧️@Mastodon The @EUCommission is already here, so all they need to do is tell Muskie-boy where to stick his dead bird and jump on over here full time!
PoLiTiPeT@Mastodon in France there was the #HelloQuitX initiative earlier this year, morphed into #EscapeX ( @fr.escape-x.org / @HelloQuitteX ) that was pushing in this direction – but was blocked/ignored by most gov and politicians in France.
@leavex somehow took over and might have more to say and offer.
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On a separate track, there is a direct call for action on the French parliament, in the form of 2 official petitions at the Assemblée nationale :
▶️ https://politipet.fr/2610 (lists both)
★ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-2610 nº2610
★ https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-2706 nº2706
which would benefit from a couple of million more votes/signatures.
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@leavex @[email protected]
@fr.escape-x.org @HelloQuitteX @cobrate @greg_harvey
Olivier Berger[Instead of CCing accounts, the same space would have been used in the toot quoting]
the title of those petitions :
- https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-2610 :
"Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement",
- and https://petitions.assemblee-nationale.fr/initiatives/i-2706 : "Une plateforme "réseaux-sociaux" souveraine pour les député-es et le gouvernement " ?
FWIW...
Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Cesser d'utiliser X (anciennement Twitter) pour les communications officielles du gouvernement - Plateforme des pétitions de l’Assemblée nationale
Cessez d'utiliser cette plateforme comme l'un des principaux porte-parole des communications officielles en France. Il existe des alternatives bien mieux modérées et régulées, et il est même possible de gérer sa propre plateforme. Si vous allez ailleurs, les journalistes et les citoyens qui veulent consommer l'information du gouvernement français iront aussi ailleurs. Le propriétaire de cette plateforme est ouvertement opposé aux valeurs de la Constitution française. Il publie régulièrement des théories du complot, sape délibérément les processus démocratiques dans son propre pays et à l'étranger, et adopte régulièrement une rhétorique raciste, misogyne et homophobe. Il est embarrassant que nos ministères officiels et des personnalités importantes, y compris le cabinet du président, continuent d'ajouter régulièrement du contenu à cette plateforme. Non seulement ils soutiennent tacitement le propriétaire, mais ils lui remplissent les poches.
chad006
l'empathie mécanique@Mastodon While it would be nice to have a way to avoid X, the crux is that lots of people are just migrating from one silo to another instead of adopting the Fediverse. And the officials are the regular people too.
MostlyTato@Mastodon
Former UK PM Rishi Sunak was on here a few years ago, but everyone ignored him and he went away.
Former UK PM Rishi Sunak was on here a few years ago, but everyone ignored him and he went away.
cobcontact McKinsey who advise the governments ....
Rin3d
BaseFortify@Mastodon While I support this initiative I do believe it is up to Mastodon to proof itself. People I talk to think Bluesky is the easier alternative. That said the federated structure should appeal to government agencies and somebody should say they are at least obliged to provide coverage
Vesipeto Vetehinen@BaseFortify @Mastodon Bluesky is not even in the running if the goal is European social (digital) sovereignty... It's made and controlled by an American company.
@vetehinen @Mastodon Agreed, but Mastodon is harder to use compared to Bluesky, that must be taken into account.
tsadilas
Landa 
@BaseFortify
Going for the easier alternative ended with all of them feeling they're stuck on twitter, so maybe a little bit of effort would be advisable :D
@Mastodon
Going for the easier alternative ended with all of them feeling they're stuck on twitter, so maybe a little bit of effort would be advisable :D
@Mastodon
Lilly Hunter@BaseFortify Governments see it as an advantage that they can run their own server instance of Mastodon. Several EU organs, and several universities have already done this.
Total sovereignty.
David
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