They could also just post posters in the european commision hallways, they would probably have the same amount of reach from there.
So what prevents them from actually setting up friendlier instances is that people simply do not go there.
Re:Leave X – Protect Democracy
by robin_reala on Wednesday January 21, 2026 @05:57AM
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The EU Commission has an account on that instance and has 145k followers: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/@EUCommission
(The rest have single-digit thousands to be fair: https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/directory)
Nothing prevents them from setting up a friendlier instance (domain name) where they only allow registration for verified members, block and defederate liberally.