If the US government wants to they could host their own ActivityPub[0] compliant application and do whatever it wants from its server infrastructure. The techn

If the US government wants to they could host their own ActivityPub[0] compliant application and do whatever it wants from its server infrastructure. The technology exists for the public sector to disentangle itself from these commercial platforms. I don't know why pols and journos are so blind to this. [0] This is a W3C Recommendation -- a protocol, by the words of Wikipedia that is in "the most mature stage of development. At this point, the standard has undergone extensive review and testing, under both theoretical and practical conditions. The standard is now endorsed by the W3C, indicating its readiness for deployment to the public, and encouraging more widespread support among implementors and authors." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium#W3C_recommendation_(REC) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_Wide_Web_Consortium#W3C_...