Mastodon could do it; it would be in the interests of UK government (and other European governments) to embrace the Fediverse as a “public service social media”. They could set up publicly run and maintained servers for the good of all citizens.
When the internet started it was shaped massively by Universities and public organisations, and in the UK things like JANET (the Joint Academic Network) really pushed it in the UK before it became mainstream, and continues to this day to underpin the education sectors internet infrastructure.
We’ve had nothing to help shape social media; but are well used to Public Servuce TV and Radia. The UK government and other public organisations have the scale to embrace the fediverse and help it grow by being a clear route to find public information updates, even if they are also choose to duplicate that information out onto other services like Threads / Bluesky or bigger platforms like TikTok and Facebook.
It’s a real opportunity for governments to collaborate with open source projects in the name of digital sovereignty and independence from the US tech giants.
Mastodon could do it; it would be in the interests of UK government (and other European governments) to embrace the Fediverse as a “public service social media”. They could set up publicly run and maintained servers for the good of all citizens.
When the internet started it was shaped massively by Universities and public organisations, and in the UK things like JANET (the Joint Academic Network) really pushed it in the UK before it became mainstream, and continues to this day to underpin the education sectors internet infrastructure.
We’ve had nothing to help shape social media; but are well used to Public Servuce TV and Radia. The UK government and other public organisations have the scale to embrace the fediverse and help it grow by being a clear route to find public information updates, even if they are also choose to duplicate that information out onto other services like Threads / Bluesky or bigger platforms like TikTok and Facebook.
It’s a real opportunity for governments to collaborate with open source projects in the name of digital sovereignty and independence from the US tech giants.