@jd @ned well, good news is that it has already happened, they have their own fediverse instance which can be found here: https://social.overheid.nl
The German government also runs their own instance, which can be found here: https://social.bund.de
Even the European Union runs their own instance as well, which can be found here: https://social.network.europa.eu
European governments seem to be much more receptive being in the #fediverse than other governments so far it seems...
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