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@NatureMC thanks! 🙏 I ran out of characters 🫠
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Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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I think that, at W, they were also a bit ambiguous in their communication and that add up with the ugly and superficial media coverage.
Not a great start for a commercial project
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
Please share widely
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@NatureMC thanks! 🙏 I ran out of characters 🫠
@_elena no problem, therefore tagging comments can add space. 😉
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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https://bingx.com/en/news/post/eu-backs-million-launch-of-w-to-rival-x-beta-slated-by-february
„EU backs €500 million launch of W to rival X; beta slated by February“
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
Please share widely
@_elena
isn't running their own instance at https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/about kind of launching/funding a social media platform 😉
(i know, an instance doesn't make a whole platform...)
Have fun at #FOSDEM
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https://bingx.com/en/news/post/eu-backs-million-launch-of-w-to-rival-x-beta-slated-by-february
„EU backs €500 million launch of W to rival X; beta slated by February“
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
Please share widely
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@sunnythesheep yes and I'm NOT surprised one bit 🫠
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@sunnythesheep yes and I'm NOT surprised one bit 🫠
@_elena 😏
oh and sorry, I meant MonneTT – typo!
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@_elena
isn't running their own instance at https://ec.social-network.europa.eu/about kind of launching/funding a social media platform 😉
(i know, an instance doesn't make a whole platform...)
Have fun at #FOSDEM
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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☀️ This looks like more dishonest messaging by big tech & venture capital:
"According to its CEO, Anna Zeiter, W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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☀️ CEO of W, Anna Zeiter, was #eBay Chief Privacy Officer and VP #AI and Data Responsibility:
"... [eBay's AI] policies have recently come under regulatory scrutiny, particularly in Europe where privacy authorities in Germany have raised concerns about [eBay training AI with user data after users complained]."
"Sellers have also raised transparency concerns around ways that eBay may be using AI to alter their listing information without their explicit permission and without clear disclosure to them or to consumers..."
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☀️ CEO of W, Anna Zeiter, was #eBay Chief Privacy Officer and VP #AI and Data Responsibility:
"... [eBay's AI] policies have recently come under regulatory scrutiny, particularly in Europe where privacy authorities in Germany have raised concerns about [eBay training AI with user data after users complained]."
"Sellers have also raised transparency concerns around ways that eBay may be using AI to alter their listing information without their explicit permission and without clear disclosure to them or to consumers..."
@crecente thanks Drew! she was (is?) also on the board of Flo and well https://www.classaction.org/news/combined-56m-google-flo-settlement-ends-class-action-lawsuit-over-allegedly-illegal-health-data-sharing
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@crecente thanks Drew! she was (is?) also on the board of Flo and well https://www.classaction.org/news/combined-56m-google-flo-settlement-ends-class-action-lawsuit-over-allegedly-illegal-health-data-sharing
Ouch! Also involved with Flo? Such a terrible, distasteful invasion of health privacy. Who would trust those involved with user data?
Thanks for sharing this Elena!
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Must see from @euronews
Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?
"A spokesperson for the European Commission told The Cube, Euronews' fact-checking team, that the EU is not launching or funding any social media platform, and that there is currently no EU-backed project called "W"
[...] W is a privately owned social media start-up incorporated in Sweden, backed by private investors mainly from the Nordic region."
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@davey_cakes wait until you read what I found... publishing something early next week right after FOSDEM 🍵
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Ouch! Also involved with Flo? Such a terrible, distasteful invasion of health privacy. Who would trust those involved with user data?
Thanks for sharing this Elena!
@crecente yes! someone sent me this tip and Zeiter still has a page on Flo's website: https://flo.health/about-us/anna-zeiter
I couldn't find the message (I had pretty much a hundred mentions a day this week) but I will look for the source to credit them in my article.
My Fediverse sources / researchers are THE BEST 😊
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@crecente yes! someone sent me this tip and Zeiter still has a page on Flo's website: https://flo.health/about-us/anna-zeiter
I couldn't find the message (I had pretty much a hundred mentions a day this week) but I will look for the source to credit them in my article.
My Fediverse sources / researchers are THE BEST 😊
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@renef @inVinnieVeritas I thought you meant « Mastadon » right?
Terrible joke but that’s how the media usually spell it… it’s as if they either ignore it on purpose or completely fumble their coverage (like Radio France yesterday that ran with a piece that claimed Eugen had quit his own network out of frustration with user behavior). Excuse me, what? It’s unbelievable
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Rinviata di almeno due giorni la partenza della missione Artemis II verso la Luna. La prova generale è slittata da domani a lunedì per meteo avverso. La prima data utile per il lancio è passata dal 6 all'8 febbraio
https://www.nasa.gov/blogs/missions/2026/01/30/nasa-updates-artemis-ii-wet-dress-rehearsal-launch-opportunities/
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@Sascha @pfefferle 👏👏👏👏👏
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@_elena @inVinnieVeritas I think it's fine they're trying, competition never hurts. What I personally dislike is how the media is ignoring Mastodon. I realize it's harder to use than "traditional" social media services, but that is no reason to act as if it doesn't exist.
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@corsair
Sono trasecolo.
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the people behind it are not techies and it shows.
The CEO spoke of a social media network on European cloud infrastructure as if it was a miraculous thing / never seen before.
HELLO? There are thousands of Fediverse instances fully hosted in Europe. And now some Bluesky PDSs too (only mentioning it because W is a fork of Bluesky).
I’d be shocked if W gets any traction / is still around a year from now
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"Le but est de ne pas tout faire d’un coup. "Par exemple, dans un premier temps, on va montrer la suite LibreOffice qui peut remplacer les solutions de Microsoft. Puis le mois suivant on va parler de Mastodon au lieu de X ou de Proton plutôt que Gmail", précise ce vétéran de l’autonomie numérique."
via https://www.france24.com/fr/%C3%A9co-tech/20260130-souverainete-numerique-citoyen-gafam-tech-europe-amerique-trump-conflit-independance
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Hubzilla 11.0 brings improved core features, a new addon and a whole lot of behind-the-scenes improvements. We have focused on performance, maintainability, security and long-requested enhancements. Highlights include:
WOPI addon for integrating Collabora Office directly with the Files app A revamped message filter system with improved filter logic Cleaner atom channel feeds by default, now showing only top-level posts Reduced storage usage thanks to a new singleton object cache Outbound JSalmon signatures are now deprecated HTML moved into templates across several modules Updated Italian translation
Improved CI test coverage Lots of general code cleanup and maintenance
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