A journey only becomes one when it begins somewhere.

That's why we are grateful to @EDPS for having created and skillfully managed the EUVoice pilot instance.

Your vision has opened new horizons for us and European institutions.

Our new instance will only foster our engagement with this truly amazing community and be a reference for any institution interested in embracing the fediverse and open alternatives.

While the first is nice, the second is unfortunately not true:

The EU is giving millions and millions to hypercapitalist monopolies in the form of Horizon and other lobby-funds.

There is no „real“ Open Source nor Open Protocol funding.
The opposite is the case:
Fedidevs loose their non-profit status.

Please read my interviews, e.g. [DE] hirzel.de/in-der-social-media-… or come to Conferences of the good lobby conference.publicspaces.net/en

@Mastodon

In der Social Media Falle | 300003389

Es ist paradox: Noch nie war es dank unzähliger Plattformen und Kanäle so einfach, seine Meinung zu äußern. Noch nie aber entschieden auch so wenige Menschen über die Regeln dieser Plattformen.

^{S. Hirzel Verlag}

Can you give us a more precise planning about the deployment of the different parts of the European administration on the #Fediverse ? Can you ensure us before the elections there shall be a real political commitment from the whole European administration to remain on the #Fediverse and to promote its effective use everywhere in the European institutions and beyond ?

@Mastodon

YEAH! ❤️

Awesome! 🙇 the correct example!

Do you see this @beheerder

@smallcircles

Yes, also found out today that the EC launched a new Mastodon server. The one which they are shutting down was a pilot by the European Data Protection Supervisor, now they launched an official commission Mastodon service: ec.social-network.europa.eu/@E… which I really can recommend to follow.

European Commission

2024-05-17 08:21:27

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!

👏

There are some great projects and ideas that are being overseen by EU in general and EUC in particular..

Hope other parts of the world learn from you and implement it as well.

The #EuropeanCommission is now officially in the #Fediverse, and with their own server !

@EUCommission welcome and thank you for the effort of setting up and maintaining an official server !

I kinda wish the EU would create a separate social media site and really throw a lot of resources at it.

I think to safeguard freedom of speech we should have private, public and decentralized social media. Something like Mastadon can never threaten Facebook or Twitter cause the moment it starts to do so those more centralized platforms will tear it apart.

In today's age of megacorps we need rival institutions from government agencies that can stand up to them.

You cannot be committed to the #fediverse or #Mastodon while withdrawing funding for #FOSS.

How do you think this works?
@Mastodon

The #fediverse could be the last, best hope of turning the internet back into a commons, instead of the platform-owned #monopoly rent paradise it currently is.

It is also the last best hope for #Europe’s own digital safety & security in a world where China & US prepare to fight tooth & nail over data supremacy.

We europeans should be prepared that at a moment’s notice, the US digital platforms we depend on can turn against us.