The Dutch government has officially launched their own Mastodon server. In an accompanying letter, the State Secretary explains how this relates to the government strategy of supporting digital common goods.

The Dutch government has officially launched their own Mastodon server. In an accompanying letter, the State Secretary explains how this relates to the government strategy of supporting digital common goods.

  • Dharkstare
    21•2 years ago

    This seems like an excellent use of federated services. Now their citizens have a single source for government updates that they know is valid and the government can ensure that everything follows whatever data laws they pass.

    • sab
      10•2 years ago

      At least in Norway it was recently a huge scandal when tweets went private, as several public organs communicate through Twitter and suddenly over night this wasn’t available to people.

      I think there are a lot more countries than the Netherlands currently looking into this.

    • @aeharding@lemmy.world
      4•2 years ago

      Now we just need more to follow.

      The RSS and API support for Mastodon are top notch and perfect for information dissemination

    • e_t_
      2•2 years ago

      everything follows whatever data laws they pass

      Not just data access or privacy, but also data retention laws for public officials. While one can hope no nation is afflicted with a leader like Donald Trump, a government-run Mastodon server wouldn’t have problems like this.

  • FixedFun
    5•2 years ago

    I wouldn’t mind if my country did the same. It’ll be like having our own social media site aimed to our country.

  • @DekkerNSFW@lemmy.fmhy.ml
    1•2 years ago

    As a Dutch person, I freaking love this. And there’s plenty of valid reasons for it too, it’s not just them throwing us a bone.