Dear #Mastodon this is the Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission.

@leanderlindahl yeah but as former russian, i never trust information i cannot verify myself from at least 3 sources (or the official person herself).

kind of an habit you learn when you see propaganda everywhere.

@lexinova "3 sources" reminds me... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Lr9Y5CW5DM

On a serious note - unfortunatelly, nowadays we hear the same lies from 3 sources which just parrot it from the real fabricator (usually Russia).

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hennavirkkunen/115888721732640894

Dear #Mastodon this is the Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Who joined today (Jan 13). Great to have someone from the commission here
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@leanderlindahl @lexinova @hennavirkkunen Here is another article referencing this:

https://www.gmx.net/magazine/digital/trotz-kritik-x-eu-spitzenvertreter-mastodon-41782668

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hennavirkkunen/115888721732640894

Dear #Mastodon this is the Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Who joined today (Jan 13). Great to have someone from the commission here
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@leanderlindahl @lexinova recent updata, image generation is reserved to blue checkmarks now and any bikini photo I could generate immediately go under Age Verification EU wall so kids won't see it.

@leanderlindahl @lexinova recent updata, image generation is reserved to blue checkmarks now and any bikini photo I could generate immediately go under Age Verification EU wall so kids won't see it.

@dgoldsmith @leanderlindahl @hennavirkkunen don't speak german, but i don't see any source link, any credible source or they have just copy pasted the other one ?

i search a source comming from her or the EU.

not second hand explaination from journalist or blogger.

@lexinova @leanderlindahl @hennavirkkunen Multiple reputable news sources (including Die Zeit) picked it up from DPA, which appears to be the German equivalent of the US Associated Press. The DPA say they were told this directly by the EU Commission. Here's a link to Die Zeit's article:

https://www.zeit.de/news/2026-01/13/trotz-kritik-an-x-eu-spitzenvertreter-nicht-bei-mastodon

It's the same article; all the outlets ran the DPA news unchanged.

@lexinova @leanderlindahl @hennavirkkunen Multiple reputable news sources (including Die Zeit) picked it up from DPA, which appears to be the German equivalent of the US Associated Press. The DPA say they were told this directly by the EU Commission. Here's a link to Die Zeit's article:

https://www.zeit.de/news/2026-01/13/trotz-kritik-an-x-eu-spitzenvertreter-nicht-bei-mastodon

It's the same article; all the outlets ran the DPA news unchanged.

@dgoldsmith @lexinova @hennavirkkunen yes its a good indication, but the actual address/handle is not confirmed.

@leanderlindahl For God's sake, create some kind of law that prevents European leaders from using American networks (Facebook, twitter, Instagram, blue sky, ...). This is madness.

And one more thing. Don't use any server. Create your own server. A European server just for European leaders.

cc/ @hennavirkkunen

@benjamim @hennavirkkunen I'm honoured to be endowed these powers of legislation in your mind Benjamin . I think the DSA stringently applied and not watered down is a good start.

What I'd do on my first day in office as head of the Directorate-General for Communication is to remove all free advertising with logos and links for X. The EU is not an ad network and it's not the job of the commission to drive traffic, engagement and revenue to these hostile foreign actors and feed the monster.

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hennavirkkunen/115888721732640894

Dear #Mastodon this is the Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Who joined today (Jan 13). Great to have someone from the commission here
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@leanderlindahl @lexinova The „patreon“ link leads to the official personell site…

@dalcacer @lexinova yes, but surely a commissioner wouldn't put their bio under the label "Patreon". This is too weird with the wrong domain and and bio page labeled Patreon. I'm glad @lexinova had me add the notice of caution until confirmed.

@leanderlindahl @lexinova I’m not sure how much can be explained by misunderstandings or an intern setting up an account

However, your disclaimers are good as they are.

Let’s wait and have some popcorn (and block, when need be).

Also.. isn’t there a dedicated european Mastodon instance?

@dalcacer @lexinova yes that's why its weird. I was too enthusiastic. and the time of account creation was consistent with ADP reporting.

But if it was official it would be on ec.social-network.europa.eu. And if she was just "having a look" she could have called herself anything. No need for the official imagery.

And heise reported that the exact same post was posted on X (sic) the previous day. So not one piece of original content and the wrong domain

RE: https://mastodon.social/@hennavirkkunen/115888721732640894

Dear #Mastodon this is the Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy of the European Commission. Who joined today (Jan 13). Great to have someone from the commission here
️

@leanderlindahl @lexinova Just another funny issue: when following the link, you can press the symbol. Seems like the European Union webpage only supports all sorts of social media services. And yea. Mastodon is supported https://european-union.europa.eu/contact-eu/social-media-channels_en