“Matrix is currently talking to circa 35 countries about FOSS communications infrastructure. For instance, Hodgson told us the United Nations is on board: it’s using Matrix as the basis of its own in-house air-gapped communications tool, which helps it to remain independent of any country or hosting provider. It’s also being adopted at the International Criminal Court (ICC), which as The Register reported in October 2025 is busily ditching Microsoft Office. After the Trump administration imposed sanctions on ICC chief prosecutor Karim Khan, he reported losing access to his email and banking, disrupting the court’s work.”

Yes any government can host their own Matrix instance and have full control over it. Matrix is actually implemented inside of other messaging tools, so many are using it without even knowing about it.

See theregister.com/2026/02/09/mat…
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