Philips Medical is still Dutch.
Phillips Lights is spun of as Signify, and appears to still be dutch Philips everything-else is sold off

Pilot project is a good start.

Hopefully they consult with the federal government of Schleswig-Holstein, and the Austriaan Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism on their experiences

Verified just means we can believe that they are who they say they are. Doesn’t mean that they’re trustworthy or believable. Or to put it another way: The identity of their account is verified. The contents of their posts are not verified.

I don’t agree with the point OP is trying to make in this instance regarding verification. (Letting that well documented lethally violent gang of thugs use their platform is Bluesky’s actual transgression here)

The will to do so.

Also finding an instance to register on that won’t ban them for

No incitement of violence or promotion of violent ideologies

(Rule 3 on mastodon.social)

Yes, though it works a bit differently.

In your mastodon bio you link to your other precenses on the web (webpage, twitter, GitHub, whatever)

On those profiles you add an (invisible) link to your mastodon profile. Mastodon can then verify that your mastodon profile and your other sites are controlled by the same entity, and get a blue tick.