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Dutch government has officially launched their Mastodon server (kbin.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/fediverse

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The server is now live and in use at social.overheid.nl

The official announcement post by the State Secretary of Digitalisation: https://social.overheid.nl/@avhuffelen/110700825255524685

In the post she mentions that the government supports 'value-driven' alternatives to social media. In a letter to the house of representatives she describes Mastodon as a Digital Common Good, and that it fits in the larger strategy of the government of using 'open source, unless' (meaning theyll always use open source unless there is a clear explicit reason not to).

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[–] [email protected] 33 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Very good. I hate the fact that different branches of my government are all just on big-tech networks. When the government publishes something, it should be free and available to all, not behind a fucking twitter or insta login.

[–] solivine 9 points 1 year ago

Can't believe this is hard to understand for some governments