But the government especially should show an example and get the ball rolling
StreamWave190 on
It’s a fun and useful platform (if you’re not on it then you’re probably clueless about the geopolitics of the changes happening in Latin America and the Middle East right now), but Britain really needs to be doubling down on digital sovereignty, pivoting away from a reliance on either American or Chinese infrastructure and services.
I always thought it would be a good idea for the UK government so switch over to Mastodon. It never got quite as big as Bluesky, but it could operate on UK Government servers, physically located on British soil, and also perhaps serve as a national social media platform for the public as well. Everyone could post and share on a fundamentally British social network, subject to our own laws and regulations, hosted in Britain. If people didn’t like the rules, there’s a direct democratic means of changing it – elections.
Nob-Biscuits on
For the last few days it has been awash with fictitious claims that the BBC opposes the demonstrations against the Iranian government, it’s an absolute toilet
IncontinentVermin on
The government should make official statements on official websites.
X and FB see themselves as so firmly established that they cannot ever be removed. The government can however instruct ISPs to throttle traffic to social media sites that refuse to comply with UK law. Still online, just about, but a hopeless exasperating user experience. Maybe that would focus their minds.
AnalTinnitus on
Poor Starmer is having to make so many hard choices right now. His natural blandness and “I can see both sides have merit” attitude to politics is just not cut out for these trying times.
7 Comments
Anyone who’s used X since about 2 weeks after the Musk takeover is an apologist for fascism.
> Louise Haigh said it was “unconscionable to use the site for another minute”
But apparently not too unconscionable for her to advertise it as a contact method: https://louisehaigh.org.uk/contact-me/
(Her account posts are protected / hidden)
Everyone should quit X
But the government especially should show an example and get the ball rolling
It’s a fun and useful platform (if you’re not on it then you’re probably clueless about the geopolitics of the changes happening in Latin America and the Middle East right now), but Britain really needs to be doubling down on digital sovereignty, pivoting away from a reliance on either American or Chinese infrastructure and services.
I always thought it would be a good idea for the UK government so switch over to Mastodon. It never got quite as big as Bluesky, but it could operate on UK Government servers, physically located on British soil, and also perhaps serve as a national social media platform for the public as well. Everyone could post and share on a fundamentally British social network, subject to our own laws and regulations, hosted in Britain. If people didn’t like the rules, there’s a direct democratic means of changing it – elections.
For the last few days it has been awash with fictitious claims that the BBC opposes the demonstrations against the Iranian government, it’s an absolute toilet
The government should make official statements on official websites.
X and FB see themselves as so firmly established that they cannot ever be removed. The government can however instruct ISPs to throttle traffic to social media sites that refuse to comply with UK law. Still online, just about, but a hopeless exasperating user experience. Maybe that would focus their minds.
Poor Starmer is having to make so many hard choices right now. His natural blandness and “I can see both sides have merit” attitude to politics is just not cut out for these trying times.