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Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called #WSocial?

🔗 : https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/01/29/fact-check-is-the-eu-launching-a-social-media-platform-called-w

"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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Inc Hulk 🧪

@IncHulk@mastodon.green replied · last month

@_elena @euronews Unfortunately there are a lot of very gullible people who actually believe what the read on Twitter (under the current name of “X”).

Of course Twitter has a political reason to lie.

René Fouquet

@renef@mastodon.social replied · last month

@_elena @euronews And not a single mention.of Mastodon, which is arguably the actual X alternative this startup wants to become.

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · last month

@_elena @euronews Gonna launch a Pokemon themed social media platform called "P" /joke

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · last month

@_elena there's a comment section 😈

Federation Bot

@Federation_Bot replied · last month

@_elena did you guys see #Monnett promoted #WSocial (not even EuroSky) prior to it even launching (along with Xing and BeReal) as "European alternative/s"? Almost like they were some sort of (European) gang of private-owned companies.