Irish Examiner: Government bodies need to get off X, now

[natasha_jay@tech.lgbt]

Irish Examiner: Government bodies need to get off X, now

"Nobody in Ireland should be exposed to hate speech, bullying, or child sexual abuse images on X just to find out if their train is delayed"

"... most Government departments continue to use X for their outbound comms with the Irish people, with several, including the HSE, An Garda Síochána and the Department of Transport (via TFI and the TII) providing essential real-time updates via this now-niche third party platform — some exclusively so."

https://www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/commentanalysis/arid-41787647.html

#Ireland #IE #Mastodaoine #X #SocialMedia

[leavex@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay we second that:

https://leavex.eu

cc @ElaineActivism

#LeaveX

[ciara@anarres.family]

@Natasha_Jay I can’t believe it’s taken this long for anyone in the media to start calling for this 🤬

[leavex@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay @ciara unbelievable, isn't it?

[natasha_jay@tech.lgbt]

@ciara
Finally. Quite a good piece too I thought.

[elaineactivism@mastodon.ie]

@Natasha_Jay Thanks for the link, please also sign and share this petition https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/take-x-icons-off-websites-and-emails-and-replace-with-mastodon-icons

[everton137@social.vivaldi.net]

@Natasha_Jay @ciara @leavex I made a cartoon explaining that

https://gram.social/p/leavex/924009082908185334

[everton137@social.vivaldi.net]

@Natasha_Jay @ciara @leavex this one also after asking in person a MEP why her colleagues don't leave X

https://gram.social/p/leavex/924068826071329810

[elaineactivism@mastodon.ie]

@Natasha_Jay @ciara totally agree - Please also sign and share this petition https://my.uplift.ie/petitions/take-x-icons-off-websites-and-emails-and-replace-with-mastodon-icons

[guillotine_jones@beige.party]

@Natasha_Jay
C'mon Ireland.
Do the right thing.
Leave the Nazi platform.

[kryten@veganism.social]

@Natasha_Jay I've always thought that it's fucking pathetic, no PATHETIC!, that it's become the norm for public agencies around the world to use twitter, facebook, instagram, linkedin, etc for communication.

Learn to build a fucking website!

[bill_halcyon1@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay

[david_chisnall@infosec.exchange]

@Natasha_Jay

I said back when Twitter was new:

Government communications should never be first on a third-party platform. They should build an open system for notifications, either RSS or something that allows explicit push. If people like Twitter, Facebook, or whatever the kids are using now want to build a bridge from that so that their users can consume things, that's fine. But it shouldn't be public money building that bridge. It's a thing that adds value to that commercial service and so should be paid for by the people who want it.

I said the same thing about BBC iPlayer when it launched, but they still maintain proprietary client apps for a variety of proprietary platforms and use license-fee money to promote lock-in to platforms owned and controlled by foreign corporations.

[guigsy@mstdn.social]

@Natasha_Jay government bodies could host their own Mastodon instances. Then they'd have complete control over content. Not have to worry about an algorithm black-hole'ing their messages. And not be associated with a platform that is politically tainted.

[joegaffey@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay It's past time for @social.gov.ie or better still @sóisialta.rialtas.ie.

[knowprose@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay my word. At this rate they might be off X in the next decade.

[atlovato@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay - How true

[chemicaleyeguy@mstdn.science]

@Natasha_Jay #Twitter #Xitter , so twits still tweeting are s.

#Resist and *get off* #fascist #SocialMedia.

[nicelymanifest@mastodon.social]

@Natasha_Jay Basically we have what were social media platforms now commandeered as people control and indoctrination mechanisms.

Antisocial systems now.

[rozeboosje@masto.ai]

@Natasha_Jay I've been sending them emails to ask them to become part of the #Xodus and to #LoseTheXLink - have had one ot two positive responses but the inertia is still very very strong.