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New Iceland-Only Social Media Platform Opens

On February 16, the Icelandic social media platform Slapp was opened. The new platform is intended exclusively for people with an Icelandic digital ID, limiting the prevalence of bots and fake profiles on the channel. Slappið is hosted by the software firm Vestra, founded by software engineer Bjarki Sigurjónsson and computer scientist Kristján Leó Guðmundsson. In an interview with Vísir, co-founder Kristján said that the idea came as a response …
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Vísir broke the news in on Tuesday, February 17, 2026.
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