US EditionW Is a European Clone of X for the Davos Set
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A former head of eBay announced on 19 January the launch of "W Social", a future European competitor of X, which guarantees the protection of users' data and the reliability of its content.
At the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos a new social media platform with the name "W" was introduced. It should be "value-based" and not allow "fake news". Given the background of the company behind it, the goal is clear. Actually, social media platforms should serve the exchange of opinions, information and everyday things. Anyone who remembers the early Facebook of ten to twelve years ago before the thumbscrews were gradually tightened may …
New European X Alternative Backed by Climate Activists
A new social media platform backed by a climate-activism network was unveiled this week at the World Economic Forum in Davos, pitching itself as a European, “values-based” alternative to X and explicitly targeting political institutions in Brussels. The platform, called W, is a subsidiary of the Swedish climate-activism media group We Don’t Have Time, which has also provided much of its initial funding. Its launch presentation framed existing so…
W is a European clone of X for the Davos set
With Elon Musk's X infested with deepfake porn, nazis and journalists, Europe is going its own way: enter "W," a depressingly imitative clone of X announced at Davos. An "advisory board and former ministers and business representatives" is already hard at work. — Read the rest The post W is a European clone of X for the Davos set appeared first on Boing Boing.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, the creation of a new social platform was announced, which is to be the European response to X. "The beta version is to be launched in February at the latest, and the platform will be made available to the general public at the end of the year," project leader Anna Zeiter told the Swiss portal Bilanz.
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