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Fact check: Is the EU launching a social media platform called 'W'?

Summary by Euronews
Viral posts claiming the EU is launching its own social media platform to counter X, in the wake of various scandals, are misleading.

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The EU applauds a social network of its own while control remains in private hands and democratic debate continues to be hijacked. Europe again promises independence in a field that it considers strategic: social networks. In the heat of the recently closed Davos Forum, a consortium of entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs announced W, a platform that presents itself as a European alternative to X. The discourse is known: transparency, security, democ…

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Euronews broke the news in France on Thursday, January 29, 2026.
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