Building the Open Alternative: DPGs for Digital Sovereignty
summary
Digital Public Goods can give institutions agency by combining open standards, certification and real deployments Mastodon enters the DPG registry (certified in 2025) as part of a catalog now topping 220 DPGs with roughly 50 added recently; it runs on ActivityPub, interoperates with PeerTube, and hosts pilot servers for the EU Commission, Schleswig‑Holstein and Blais. The project reorganizes into executive, technical and community leads and offers hosting but still lacks a sustainable funding model despite NGI grants.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction and background
- 3:41History of knowledge and libraries
- 6:31Defining digital sovereignty and DPGs
- 9:26Regulatory frameworks and interoperability
- 11:51Mastodon as a digital public good
- 13:40Mastodon’s growth and governance
- 16:32Fediverse and ecosystem interoperability
- 17:41Platform risks and government control
- 20:08Sustainability and hosting for public institutions
- 22:37Funding challenges and future plans
- 24:48User experience and community building
- 25:28Collaboration and next steps for DPGs
- 26:10Q&A on public institutions and Fediverse adoption
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