Dutch officials from the new government are opening ActivityPub accounts.

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

Dutch officials from the new government are opening ActivityPub accounts. For example the state secretary for economics and digital sovereignty at @stasdigi, the minister for internal affairs @MinisterBZK and more. Find them on https://social.overheid.nl/about :) I like!

[luisfcorreia@mastodon.social]

@jwildeboer and here in Portugal, "the stupids" won't leave Xitter

[bartknubben@mastodon.nl]

@jwildeboer

👌 And their accounts are on the 🇳🇱 government Mastodon instance https://social.overheid.nl (also reachable via https://social.gov.nl).

Other accounts of Dutch goverment officials, besides @stasdigi:
- @MinisterBZK
- @staatssecretarisbzk
- @MinisterVRO

For similar gov instances in 🇪🇺 🇫🇷 🇩🇪 check: https://social.overheid.nl/about#:~:text=5.%20Zijn%20er,https://social.edps.europa.eu.

Hopefully, other governments will also join Mastodon/Fediverse soon :-)

[_elena@mastodon.social]

@jwildeboer amazing!!! welcome to the Fediverse @stasdigi and @MinisterBZK – delighted to have you here ❤️

[jwildeboer@social.wildeboer.net]

The usual disclaimer for the "Yes, but"ters ;) Yes, the officials also have BlueSky and Twitter accounts. No, ActivityPub isn't yet seen as the main communication channel, it's up to all of us to change that through friendly and respectful interaction. So let's band together and overwhelm them with smiles and encouragement, while also having good, constructive discussions, even on difficult topics. So they see that this is the place to be :)

[smartmanapps@dotnet.social]

CC @jfversluis @jfversluis.dev

[gina@fosstodon.org]

@jwildeboer @stasdigi @MinisterBZK So proud of our gov officials for choosing ethical social media 🥳