Post #3473156
2026-06-29 11:30 UTC
@hpod16@eupolicy.social @chroma@raccoonisland.social The EU commission has recently been promoting “W Social”, a European VC-backed social media company that requires ID verification to sign up.
It’s not actually independent of US tech, since it relies entirely on Bluesky’s AT protocol, but several high profile EU politicians, including Ursula von der Leyen, have been pitching it as THE European social media platform.
@_elena@mastodon.social has written about it recently, if you need a starting point.
https://blog.elenarossini.com/tag/w-social/
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@smallcircles@social.coop 2026-06-29 11:32
@paddyduke@mastodon.social @hpod16@eupolicy.social @chroma@raccoonisland.social I was about to post the same. @_elena@mastodon.social has done a number of great posts on the matter. This one is a good starter: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-public-institutions-and-the-theater-of-european-digital-sovereignty/