IFTAS
IFTAS  ·  2 weeks ago

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Agency staff that wish to advocate for using the Open Social Web to take better control of social media messaging can use the following high level talking points to begin the conversation:

#ActivityPub is the accepted global Web standard for open social networking. It is published by the World Wide Web Consortium, the non-profit body that oversees Web standards.

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IFTAS
IFTAS  ·  2 weeks ago

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The Fediverse is the real world collection of platforms, apps, and services that implement ActivityPub. They constitute a “federated universe” of interconnected social networks and can freely communicate with one another.

The #Fediverse is considered to be the “next big thing” in social media. Usage has roughly tripled from 2022 - 23, and as larger platforms begin adopting we can expect a tenfold increase in adoption in 2024.

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IFTAS
IFTAS  ·  2 weeks ago

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So why should a public agency care?

1. Autonomy.
#Government agencies should not be reliant on advertising-driven media companies to broadcast vital public messaging.
2. Alignment.
Support a person-centric, privacy-focused social network environment grounded in diversity and inclusivity. In many ways it is being built to counter the harms of for-profit social media.

Learn more about the pathways to Fediverse adoption by governments: https://about.iftas.org/2024/03/06/open-social-for-the-common-good/

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