Could the US Government Self-Host a Fediverse Server?
Could the US Government Self-Host a Fediverse Server?
Reflecting on some of the hurdles for procuring a Fediverse instance for the US Government. There are a lot of hoops to jump through, but is it worthwhile?
In response to Joe Biden and the White House enabling ActivityPub federation via Threads, a number of people asked: "Why didn't the White House just self-host their own Mastodon server?"
Here's some very basic musings on what it would take for that to happen. and what some of the hurdles are. Don't consider it a definitive answer, but a jumping-off point.
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The EU already has one for anyone interested https://social.network.europa.eu
Other governments:
- CH 🇨🇭: https://social.admin.ch
- DE 🇩🇪: https://social.bund.de
- FR 🇫🇷: https://social.numerique.gouv.fr
- NL 🇳🇱: https://social.overheid.nl
Hope a gov.uk one comes through someday
Would be a great instance to block