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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.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c0589g0dqq7o

Elon Musk's X bans European Commission from making ads after €120m fine

The EU regulator had fined the social media platform over its "deceptive" blue tick badges.

rexi

@rexi@mastodon.social replied · 21 hours ago

@Mastodon

The Commission should consider hosting its own #fediverse instance, of some flavor, in response.

Mastodon favored, of course...

Mastodon

@Mastodon@mastodon.social · yesterday

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/

Mastodon Blog

The world needs social sovereignty

The world needs to log off corporate-owned, centrally-controlled social media platforms and log on to a better way of being online. The world needs an open social web through the fediverse and Mastodon.

Animal Rebellion NL

@AnimalRebellion@mastodon.social (and 1 other) recently replied · 22 hours ago

@milieudefensie @PartijvoordeDieren @greenpeace @AnimalRightsNL @animalsavemovement @BiteBackNL @AnonimousForTheVoiceless... Please use all possibillities of the #fediverse and decentralized open source software.

Think of mobilizing through #Mobilizon, using #Pixelfed instead of or next to Instagram, use #Peertube instead or next to youtube, use #cryptpad instead of next to googledocs.

Mastodon

@Mastodon@mastodon.social · yesterday

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

Find and contact elected officials | USAGov

Use USAGov’s Contact Your Elected Officials tool to get contact information for your members of Congress, the president, and state and local officials.

European Commission

Representations in Member States | European Commission

Commission representations perform various functions such as liaising with local authorities and media, organising official visits, and providing political information and analysis.

chad006

@chad006@mastodon.social replied · yesterday

@Mastodon #Portugal arte@arte.gov.pt
#fediverse #ItsTimeToAbolishX

https://www.portugal.gov.pt/en/gc21/prime-minister/contacts
https://www.arte.gov.pt/web/arte/contactos
https://www.parlamento.pt/paginas/contactos.aspx

Contactos

AMA

KIT Karlsruhe boosted

Digital Office

@digitaloffice@social.kit.edu · 5 days ago

Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN)

@DFN@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

🔔🕯️ Frisch gedruckt – die neue Ausgabe der DFN-Mitteilungen ist da! 🌟

📖 Jetzt online lesen:
https://www.dfn.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DFN_108_download.pdf

🔐 Schwerpunkt: Security Awareness
IT-Risiken früh erkennen und eine konstruktive Fehlerkultur stärken.
🪐 Auf ins #Fediverse!
Welche Chancen föderierte Plattformen für Forschung & Lehre bieten.
🧭 #Barrierefreiheit im Blick
Das SHUFFLE-Reifegradmodell.

❤️Wir danken allen Autorinnen & Autoren ganz herzlich für Ihren Beitrag! 💐

Kostenfrei als Print beziehen: https://www.dfn.de/geschaeftsstelle/kontakt-und-anreise/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DFN/115665951390315282

Unseren Weg ins #Fediverse beschreiben wir als Teil des #Mastodon 🐘 Moderationsteams @team des @KIT_Karlsruhe in einem Beitrag für die @DFN -Mitteilungen.
(S. 26-29)

Meldet Euch gern für Austausch!
/jk

Bonfire boosted

Jeff Sikes

@box464@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Bonfire is the lego bricks of the fediverse, creating modular packages to build any kind of platform you can imagine.

The stretch goal is a community flavor that connects with the threadiverse at large.

You can help them click a few more bricks together, with some interesting reward options for your donation (for a very limited time - hurry!).

- Digital and physical artwork
- A Bonfire website theme
- 1-1 time with the devs

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

#Bonfire #Fediverse #FediFund #FediMech

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Jeff Sikes

@box464@mastodon.social · 4 days ago

Bonfire is the lego bricks of the fediverse, creating modular packages to build any kind of platform you can imagine.

The stretch goal is a community flavor that connects with the threadiverse at large.

You can help them click a few more bricks together, with some interesting reward options for your donation (for a very limited time - hurry!).

- Digital and physical artwork
- A Bonfire website theme
- 1-1 time with the devs

https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/bonfire/community

#Bonfire #Fediverse #FediFund #FediMech

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Bonfire

@bonfire@indieweb.social · 5 days ago

Good news everyone! We hit our first milestone: maintenance is 100% funded. Thank you all ❤️

Next up: unlock the stretch goal to co‑design federated groups: community‑owned spaces to organise across the fediverse, with no server or platform lock‑in.

Read about why this matters and how it can empower communities: https://bonfirenetworks.org/posts/why-community-matters-groups-as-the-next-step-for-the-fediverse/

Support the campaign: https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/bonfire/community?refcode=tBIbwXI4dU25KvW4HBM0hQ

#Fediverse #FederatedGroups #CommunitySpaces #ActivityPub

Why Community Matters: Groups as the Next Step for the Fediverse

Federated groups in Bonfire will be spaces where communities gather to organise, care, and coordinate across the fediverse. They'll live next to your personal feed, but each group having a specific purpose: a study circle, a lab team, an activist collective, a local mutual aid crew, a project team. Inside you’ll find posts, conversations, calendars, shared resources, and more. Crucially, groups will be portable and interoperable.

Bonfire: building blocks for communities on the open social web by Bonfire - Indiegogo

From platforms to communities: a federated social web with shared foundations and co‑created spaces for gathering, care, connection, and stewardship.

Digital Office

@digitaloffice@social.kit.edu · 5 days ago

Deutsches Forschungsnetz (DFN)

@DFN@mastodon.social · 5 days ago

🔔🕯️ Frisch gedruckt – die neue Ausgabe der DFN-Mitteilungen ist da! 🌟

📖 Jetzt online lesen:
https://www.dfn.de/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/DFN_108_download.pdf

❤️Wir danken allen Autorinnen & Autoren ganz herzlich für Ihren Beitrag! 💐

Kostenfrei als Print beziehen: https://www.dfn.de/geschaeftsstelle/kontakt-und-anreise/

RE: https://mastodon.social/@DFN/115665951390315282

Unseren Weg ins #Fediverse beschreiben wir als Teil des #Mastodon 🐘 Moderationsteams @team des @KIT_Karlsruhe in einem Beitrag für die @DFN -Mitteilungen.
(S. 26-29)