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Could the US Government Self-Host a Fediverse Server?
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this post was submitted on 03 Apr 2024
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I was wondering the same thing. It seems more proper to run a separate government Mastodon server. Otherwise, they're showing preferential treatment to one company.
Although... they probably can't handle self hosting? But really? The all mighty US can't self host a server?
They'd just pay a contractor to stand up a server on azure or AWS. Most of the labor would be moderation which is probably why they won't do it.
They couldn't remove anything without Republicans crying censorship. And because it's government run, first amendment protections apply. Which means they couldn't remove a lot of what moderators already do.
Uh, a US Government mastodon server wouldn't have any way to sign up and comment. I assume it would be all one way announcements.
Who cares about randos who want to talk to the president? People were posting dead bodies on Biden's announcements on Threads.
If you don't think some Lemmy instances are being run from Fort Meade and Quantico, you're not paranoid enough.
Other governments have done it, even the BBC have as well