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.
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@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
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.
https://blog.joinmastodon.org/2025/12/the-world-needs-social-sovereignty/
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:
#EU: https://commission.europa.eu/about/contact/representations-member-states_en
#USA: https://www.usa.gov/elected-officials
@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.
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@Mastodon I think @govdirectory might be useful in this context: https://www.govdirectory.org/
It is a collaborative directory of government agencies, using data from @wikidata. Developed by @ainali and @abbe98 and supported by #WikimediaSverige.
@Mastodon great initiative, can we collaborate? This website http://xodus.online is aimed at bringing the various campaigns on this together Email contact info@xodus.online
@Mastodon We at https://savesocial.eu/ started the initiative to make the German Government quit X now. Anyone can join and sign our petition (text in German): http://www.weact.campact.de/petitions/keine-macht-fur-oligarchen-bundesregierung-endlich-runter-von-x
@Mastodon
Riaghaltas na h-Alba (The Scottish Government) has a contact page.
#alba #scotland #ScotGov
https://www.gov.scot/about/contact-information/
@Mastodon #AssembléeNationale #France, Annuaires de vos #députés (adresses, numéro tel, mail)
@Mastodon Here's the search machine for all MEPs in the #EuropeanParliament, example France - you can choose your country and other parameters and even print them as pdf:
https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search/advanced?countryCode=FR
