The European Commission has registered a new Citizen Initiative, calling for a European social media platform.
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Slightly more information about this #citizenInitiative here for a #European #SocialMedia here: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2026/000004_en
IF This reaches the required amount of signatures it will have to be examined by the European Commission. What conclusion the commission will come to I cannot predict, but it may consider the option of building on existing infrastructure *cough* #mastodon *cough* …
These processes take quite a long time, but I’ll keep updating here
@hpod16 gmail email addresses
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The European Commission has registered a new Citizen Initiative, calling for a European social media platform.
In detail: The initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legislative act, “a public social media platform at the European level”. That "would form an alternative to the current platforms and work as a service for the society, be funded by the society and be under its oversight”.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_522@hpod16 In such a process, please don't reinvent the wheel.
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The European Commission has registered a new Citizen Initiative, calling for a European social media platform.
In detail: The initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legislative act, “a public social media platform at the European level”. That "would form an alternative to the current platforms and work as a service for the society, be funded by the society and be under its oversight”.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_522@hpod16
Really @EUCommission ?Look at your Mastodon usercount. I believe 150 000 followers already gave you their answer.
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@hpod16
Really @EUCommission ?Look at your Mastodon usercount. I believe 150 000 followers already gave you their answer.
@matv1
The two have nothing to do with each other
A citizen initiative is when citizens want the commission to look at a certain issue. They’ll need at least a million signatures over 7 different countries in the next step.
More info https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/_en -
@elinkorn it's a possibility. You could have an EU-funded server on the fediverse
@hpod16
Like the one used by the @EUCommission ?
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The European Commission has registered a new Citizen Initiative, calling for a European social media platform.
In detail: The initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legislative act, “a public social media platform at the European level”. That "would form an alternative to the current platforms and work as a service for the society, be funded by the society and be under its oversight”.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_522@hpod16 I looked for the responsables: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2026/000004_en
Does anybody know if they know about the Fediverse or are connected? Or if they come from that company that calls itself European-I-don't-know-what?
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@leighms The European Commission has nothing to to with Citizens Petitions, they are only the addressee. The initiative comes from these people: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2026/000004_en
Every EU-citizen can make a petition: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/how-it-works_en
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@hpod16 ... also there's a Share button that they could add to the ones at the bottom of that page.
@andypiper @hpod16 This. It would be interesting to search about the persons behind that initiative: https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2026/000004_en
If they've ever heard about the Fediverse?
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@Gina
Best course of action is to find the people behind this citizen initiative and support them when they start promoting the signatures page -
@_elena Maybe off topic but I just saw that EuroNews doesn't have a official presence in the Fediverse besides @Flipboard based channels.
@gelbphoenix They gave up their account in 2024. @_elena @Flipboard
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The European Commission has registered a new Citizen Initiative, calling for a European social media platform.
In detail: The initiative invites the Commission to establish, through a legislative act, “a public social media platform at the European level”. That "would form an alternative to the current platforms and work as a service for the society, be funded by the society and be under its oversight”.
https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_26_522This is it! This is the thing I'v been wishing for a long time!
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This is it! This is the thing I'v been wishing for a long time!
