Elon Musk and X are once again proving why institutions should never rely on corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms to reach their people.
bbc.com/news/articles/c0589g0d…
Elon Musk's X bans European Commission from making ads after €120m fine
The EU regulator had fined the social media platform over its "deceptive" blue tick badges.Laura Cress (BBC News)
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Mastodon
in reply to Mastodon • • •Today 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.
blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/…
The world needs social sovereignty
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in reply to Mastodon • • •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:
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in reply to Mastodon • • •#Norway stortinget.no/en/In-English/St…
#Norsktut #Allheimen
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in reply to Mastodon • • •europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/sea…
Advanced search | Search | MEPs | European Parliament | France
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in reply to Mastodon • • •Eye reshared this.
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in reply to Mastodon • • •#itstimetoabolishX
save social berlin!
#berlin #BerlinerSenat #BAfriedrichshain
#savesocial
berlin.de/europedirect/
Europe Direct Berlin - Berlin.de
www.berlin.dePetra van Cronenburg
in reply to Mastodon • • •Kontakte deutscher Bundestag und Parteien in De: bundestag.de/services/kontakt für @Bundesregierung
#Bundestag #Parteien #DE
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to Mastodon • • •#AssembléeNationale #France, Annuaires de vos #députés (adresses, numéro tel, mail)
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577 députés - Assemblée nationale
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in reply to Mastodon • • •#alba #scotland #ScotGov
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in reply to Fluffgar 🏴 • • •#alba #scotland #ScotGov
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Contact the Scottish Parliament
www.parliament.scotFluffgar 🏴
in reply to Fluffgar 🏴 • • •#alba #scotland #ScotGov
parliament.scot/msps
Members of the Scottish Parliament (MSPs)
www.parliament.scotJames Tweedie
in reply to Fluffgar 🏴 • • •Strypey
in reply to James Tweedie • • •@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.
@fluffgar @Mastodon
James Tweedie
in reply to Strypey • • •@strypey @fluffgar The Green accounts I follow seem to be on Mastodon.scot
Most of the SNP ones are on Bluesky (one recent one had remarked about being worried about the step of leaving X).
I have seen a few relayed from Bluesky but not on Mastodon itself.
Strypey
in reply to James Tweedie • • •@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 @candidate.name@greenparty.org.uk
> 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 ... ; )
@fluffgar @Mastodon
Kai Rüsberg
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Save SocialReg
in reply to Mastodon • • •Xodus.online
in reply to Mastodon • • •Xodus
Xodus「 ✦ Tristan ✦ 」
in reply to Xodus.online • • •@xodus_online 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 😁
Jürgen Hubert
in reply to 「 ✦ Tristan ✦ 」 • • •Well, Elon Musk is widely known for supporting fascists.
Raphael Albert
in reply to Mastodon • • •Liste der Bundesministerien
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in reply to Mastodon • • •#uk #ukgov #Mastodon
Elected members.parliament.uk/members/…
Unelected members.parliament.uk/members/…
Penggila Selada
in reply to Mastodon • • •🇨🇦️Dracula🍁
in reply to Mastodon • • •MagnusWJ
in reply to Mastodon • • •Contact the Riksdag
www.riksdagen.seDiego de la Hera
in reply to Mastodon • • •It is a collaborative directory of government agencies, using data from @wikidata. Developed by @ainali and @abbe98 and supported by #WikimediaSverige.
Govdirectory
www.govdirectory.orgThe Queen of Weltschmerz🏳️⚧️
in reply to Mastodon • • •PoLiTiPeT
in reply to 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.
1/2
chad006
in reply to Mastodon • • •#Portugal arte@arte.gov.pt
#fediverse #ItsTimeToAbolishX
portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/prime-…
arte.gov.pt/web/arte/contactos
parlamento.pt/paginas/contacto…
Governo de Portugal
www.portugal.gov.ptShirley Cornwell
in reply to Mastodon • • •l'empathie mécanique
in reply to Mastodon • • •MostlyTato
in reply to Mastodon • • •cob
in reply to Mastodon • • •contact McKinsey who advise the governments ....
mckinsey.com/contact-us
@politipet
Rin3d
in reply to Mastodon • • •When I compare the damage musk can do verses Chat control, musk is a drop in the bucket.
BaseFortify
in reply to Mastodon • • •Landa
in reply to 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 😁
@Mastodon
BaseFortify
in reply to Landa • • •Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to BaseFortify • • •@BaseFortify They *are* already on Mastodon! Look at @EUCommission or @Bundesregierung - only 2 examples, even with own instances (other government have them also). It's not too difficult for them to be here. It's apparently too difficult for them to leave Twitter.
@Landa @Mastodon
el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •We need politicians here, not insitutions though.
Petra van Cronenburg
in reply to el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 • • •el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦
in reply to Petra van Cronenburg • • •of course, but the masses follow mainly politicians, much less the insitutions.
Landa
in reply to el Celio 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 • • •@elCelio
There are/were accounts for smaller-scale institutions that people seem to like to follow.
Local police or firefighters, city councils, public transit authorities.
For better or worse, a lot of people use social media to get information and notifications from these.
Providing that same service (or a better one of course ;)) through the Fediverse might help a lot in getting some to switch.
@NatureMC @BaseFortify
@Mastodon
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in reply to Vesipeto Vetehinen • • •tsadilas
in reply to BaseFortify • • •David
in reply to Mastodon • • •Luupies
in reply to Mastodon • • •KuboF Hromoslav bio/acc
in reply to Mastodon • • •vlada.gov.sk/kontakty/
Kontakty | Úrad vlády Slovenskej republiky
www.vlada.gov.skL.A.
in reply to Mastodon • • •ds
in reply to Mastodon • • •Leave X - Protect Democracy
in reply to Mastodon • • •Since January, we've been trying hard to convince all European politicians and leaders to abandon X.
Check out our open letter to all European politicians and leaders to abandon X/Twitter:
leavex.eu/
Recently, we contacted @alexandrageese because she has shown synergy to our effort. (1) There are similar initiatives across Europe that joined efforts under the umbrella of Escape X, please check out @helloQuitX.
#LeaveX #EscapeX #eXit
(1) linkedin.com/posts/alexandra-g…
Following the 🤝 Franco-German Summit on European Digital Sovereignty, one thing is clear: Europe cannot strengthen its technological leadership while its own institutions remain dependent on foreign digital platforms.
Alexandra Geese (www.linkedin.com)hiphopheaven
in reply to Mastodon • • •Urbilateria@Enric
in reply to Mastodon • • •Contactar con la UE | Unión Europea
European UnionStedi 🎸🎼🐦🚴
in reply to Mastodon • • •MPs in alphabetical order eduskunta.fi/EN/kansanedustaja…
#finland
#ItsTimeToAbolishX
Gif's Artidote
in reply to Mastodon • • •fr0g
in reply to Mastodon • • •Petition for the German government to leave X and join the fediverse
weact.campact.de/petitions/kei…
Keine Macht für Oligarchen: Bundesregierung endlich runter von X
WeActOtttoz
in reply to Mastodon • • •Gli amministratori di Mastodon sanno chi sono i politici iscritti e rivolgano loro la richiesta di fare adottare mastodon e fediverso social europei e mondiali ufficiali...e relativo finanziamento!
Basta x fasciobook etc
Distante
in reply to Mastodon • • •Maria Langer | 📝💎🌵🛥️
in reply to Mastodon • • •Johns
in reply to Mastodon • • •Johannes Ernst
in reply to Mastodon • • •Animal Rebellion NL
in reply to Mastodon • • •@milieudefensie @PartijvoordeDieren @greenpeace @AnimalRightsNL @animalsavemovement @BiteBackNL @AnonimousForTheVoiceless... Please use all possibillities of the #fediverse and decentralized open source software.
Think of mobilizing through #Mobilizon, using #Pixelfed instead of or next to Instagram, use #Peertube instead or next to youtube, use #cryptpad instead of next to googledocs.
Claire Barnes
in reply to Mastodon • • •#OpenAccess #DigitalSovereignty
Craig Lambie
in reply to Mastodon • • •How to Contact Australian Members of Parliament - The Commons
holly hammond (The Commons Social Change Library)Otttoz
in reply to Mastodon • • •Graham Ward
in reply to Mastodon • • •oneloop
in reply to Mastodon • • •🇪🇺 Yet Another Owl 🎗️🕯️🕊️
in reply to Mastodon • • •🇪🇺 Yet Another Owl 🎗️🕯️🕊️
in reply to 🇪🇺 Yet Another Owl 🎗️🕯️🕊️ • • •La Commissione e altre realtà UE/EU sono già presenti su Mastodon. Occorre anche il distacco dai servizi cloud e dai wordprocessor online proprietari. Non diamo loro vantaggi competitivi sleali (economici e geopolitici).
The Commission and other EU/UE bodies are already on Mastodon. We need to disconnect ourselves from proprietary cloud services and wordprocessors, too Let us not give them unfair competitive (both economical and geo-political) advantages.
Rob
in reply to Mastodon • • •xs4me2
in reply to Mastodon • • •Distante
in reply to Mastodon • • •Distante
in reply to Mastodon • • •There is a problem with verification.
The current system is suitable for those who have a recognizable website and that's it.
Fraudsters can verify the eloonmuskcom website for themselves, while people without a website (or whose website is not recognizable) cannot verify anything.
Mastodon should copy the system from Discord. I think there should be a way to verify accounts from other services (Spotify, YT, Steam/GOG, Instagram)
Jerked Gherkins
in reply to Mastodon • • •Steve Hill 🏴🇪🇺
in reply to Mastodon • • •Oliver D. Reithmaier
in reply to Mastodon • • •Preston MacDougall
in reply to Mastodon • • •#Twitter
👉 #Xitter 🚽, so twits still tweeting are 💩s.
#Resist. #DoNotComply and #DoNotCollaborateWithFascists in #USpol.
Victor
in reply to Mastodon • • •Victor
in reply to Mastodon • • •Speaking about decentralization... Codeberg just removed my membership, with "solid" reason (lmao, there some rules ?)
Actually sent 1 single message suggesting people to keep conversations short.
Maybe they didnt like that I marked all messages as "spam"? ...
R.L. Dane (snac)
in reply to Mastodon • • •Socke65
in reply to Mastodon • • •ScottyC
in reply to Mastodon • • •pancake
in reply to Mastodon • • •Trishadem
in reply to Mastodon • • •RE: mastodon.social/@Mastodon/1156…
@Mastodon
Why is the European Commission even using X in the first place? Anyone with any sense has long since abandoned that platform.
Mastodon
2025-12-09 10:44:17
Jesse Alexander, WB2IFS/3
in reply to Mastodon • • •ophiocephalic 🐍
in reply to Mastodon • • •White Mastodon's play for institutions is understandable in the context of its "good-growth" ideology, it's also indicative of a certain euro-naivete about the true nature of government. Trying to catalyze more institutional involvement in the fediverse will also inevitably invite unwanted scrutiny and interest by politicians to control, censor, surveil and age-gate the platform(s).
It's unfortunate that these pipe dreams about "a billion users" continue to obscure to some the dangers faced by the fedi in an authoritarian age. Others of us will continue with a call to #EmbraceTheNiche and to recognize the true value the fediverse experiment can bring to an increasingly fascist reality as a dissident network beyond state control
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in reply to Mastodon • • •Wokebloke for Democracy
in reply to Mastodon • • •Simon
in reply to Mastodon • • •William B Peckham
in reply to Mastodon • • •Raven Luni
in reply to Mastodon • • •HAMMERS ARE BLUNT
Graeme 🏴
in reply to Mastodon • • •Matt Hall
in reply to Mastodon • • •Alexander Campbell
in reply to Mastodon • • •THE USA IS A FACIAST STATE.
"The European Commission's fine isn't just an attack on X, it's an attack on all American tech platforms and the American people by foreign governments," Rubio wrote in a post on X.
"The days of censoring Americans online are over."
His remarks were reposted by Musk, who added "absolutely".
Toni Aittoniemi
in reply to Mastodon • • •Just ban the child king of Mars’ platform in the EU already! He’s woved to destroy the union anyway, so it’ll be a great transnational security strategy.
If he doesn’t pay his fines, lock his platform the shit up!
rexi
in reply to Mastodon • • •The Commission should consider hosting its own #fediverse instance, of some flavor, in response.
Mastodon favored, of course...
Armando
in reply to Mastodon • • •Monty 'Hui Haunebuh' Runner
in reply to Mastodon • • •