Alternative shot video sites away from TikTok. TikTok was purchased to view your personal data for the corrupt regime in the US!
Please to all, repost and convince others to leave TikTok to protect other's personal data including yours!
#TikTok #Alternative #Skylight #Loops #UpScrolled #SocialSite
Alternative shot video sites away from TikTok. TikTok was purchased to view your personal data for the corrupt regime in the US!
Please to all, repost and convince others to leave TikTok to protect other's personal data including yours!
#TikTok #Alternative #Skylight #Loops #UpScrolled #SocialSite
We're now seeing an outpouring of TikTok "refugees" flee to UpScrolled after new U.S. owners employ more censorship.
I hope that folks now understand how incredibly short-sighted it was for the Biden administration to give the executive branch new authority to buy anything foreign so long as it is a threat to the magic words "national security". It doesn't matter who is in power, a law that vague should never have passed.
@ambiguous_yelp Checked it out. Can't see anything but forgettable mundane stuff. No political engagement. No social commentary. What am I missing?
@MaxG If you want more of something you should post it yourself, upscrolled will end in tears, especially their "we dont moderate on political bases" is a red flag that they will basically go the same way as bluesky. In case you didnt know, "politics" is used in this context to allow people to continue abusive or harmful behaviour that the moderator doesn't consider "political" and then those that speak out against it are considered political, I can't get into the entire history of similar cases right now but I've posts about problems with bluesky and I predict many of these will happen on upscrolled
Its basically got the same red flags as "free speech" enthusiasts
We're now seeing an outpouring of TikTok "refugees" flee to UpScrolled after new U.S. owners employ more censorship.
I hope that folks now understand how incredibly short-sighted it was for the Biden administration to give the executive branch new authority to buy anything foreign so long as it is a threat to the magic words "national security". It doesn't matter who is in power, a law that vague should never have passed.
TikTok getting MAGA spawns new social media services.
UpScrolled is apparently built from scratch as a centralized platform, not based on ActivityPub or ATProto. They explicitly state that current decentralized protocols don't deliver what they need for a video-forward app, whatever that means. It's run by Palestinian-Australian developer Issam Hijazi with support from the Tech for Palestine incubator, launched in June 2025. Positioned as an Instagram and TikTok alternative without shadowbanning, with chronological feeds.
UpScrolled saw a massive surge after TikTok's US ownership restructure in January 2026, when Oracle and other US investors took controlling stake while ByteDance retained only 19.9%. Some users accused TikTok of censoring posts critical of ICE under the new ownership, which drove people to alternatives.
Monnett is also built from scratch, centralized, with no federation. Run by Monnet Social SA based in Luxembourg, founded in 2024 by a team of European technologists and activists. It's their answer to surveillance capitalism, GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany, with user-controlled algorithm sliders and no psychological profiling. Basically the European sovereignty play.
W is the newest one, announced at Davos just days ago. Another centralized platform built from scratch, run by Anna Zeiter, former eBay chief privacy officer. It's legally a subsidiary of We Don't Have Time, a Swedish climate activist organization backed by IKEA, Volvo, Unilever, WWF, and Salesforce. The advisory board includes former German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rösler and Club of Rome chair Sandrine Dixson-Declève. Requires identity verification with photo and ID to combat bots. European-hosted data only.
The name of W supposedly stands for "We" with two hidden V's for "Values" and "Verified" - and they cheerfully admit that W coming before X in the alphabet is "a welcome coincidence". Beta in February, public launch late 2026. Zeiter said the platform would already count as a success if "political Brussels" posts on W instead of X.
So all three are new walled gardens with different policies and ownership, but none contribute to the Fediverse, ActivityPub or ATProto.
Makes me want to shout, "Hey, look here, we're here!". But nobody listens.
Sources:
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/new-european-x-alternative-backed-by-climate-activists
https://www.wionews.com/technology/europeans-plan-to-launch-w-their-own-social-media-platform-to-rival-elon-musk-s-x-1769165110324
https://monnett.social/faq/
https://80.lv/articles/european-politicians-unveil-w-an-upcoming-twitter-x-alternative
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/upscrolled-is-live-the-instagram-alternative-thats-actually-on-your-side/
TikTok getting MAGA spawns new social media services.
UpScrolled is apparently built from scratch as a centralized platform, not based on ActivityPub or ATProto. They explicitly state that current decentralized protocols don't deliver what they need for a video-forward app, whatever that means. It's run by Palestinian-Australian developer Issam Hijazi with support from the Tech for Palestine incubator, launched in June 2025. Positioned as an Instagram and TikTok alternative without shadowbanning, with chronological feeds.
UpScrolled saw a massive surge after TikTok's US ownership restructure in January 2026, when Oracle and other US investors took controlling stake while ByteDance retained only 19.9%. Some users accused TikTok of censoring posts critical of ICE under the new ownership, which drove people to alternatives.
Monnett is also built from scratch, centralized, with no federation. Run by Monnet Social SA based in Luxembourg, founded in 2024 by a team of European technologists and activists. It's their answer to surveillance capitalism, GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany, with user-controlled algorithm sliders and no psychological profiling. Basically the European sovereignty play.
W is the newest one, announced at Davos just days ago. Another centralized platform built from scratch, run by Anna Zeiter, former eBay chief privacy officer. It's legally a subsidiary of We Don't Have Time, a Swedish climate activist organization backed by IKEA, Volvo, Unilever, WWF, and Salesforce. The advisory board includes former German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rösler and Club of Rome chair Sandrine Dixson-Declève. Requires identity verification with photo and ID to combat bots. European-hosted data only.
The name of W supposedly stands for "We" with two hidden V's for "Values" and "Verified" - and they cheerfully admit that W coming before X in the alphabet is "a welcome coincidence". Beta in February, public launch late 2026. Zeiter said the platform would already count as a success if "political Brussels" posts on W instead of X.
So all three are new walled gardens with different policies and ownership, but none contribute to the Fediverse, ActivityPub or ATProto.
Makes me want to shout, "Hey, look here, we're here!". But nobody listens.
Sources:
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/new-european-x-alternative-backed-by-climate-activists
https://www.wionews.com/technology/europeans-plan-to-launch-w-their-own-social-media-platform-to-rival-elon-musk-s-x-1769165110324
https://monnett.social/faq/
https://80.lv/articles/european-politicians-unveil-w-an-upcoming-twitter-x-alternative
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/upscrolled-is-live-the-instagram-alternative-thats-actually-on-your-side/
Anyone on UpScrolled ?
“ Built by Palestinian-Australian developer Issam Hijazi and supported by the Tech for Palestine incubator “
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/upscrolled-is-live-the-instagram-alternative-thats-actually-on-your-side/
Not Meta (Zuckerberg) X (Musk) or TikTok (Ellison)
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/11/02/upscrolled-app/
One of the strongest advocates for #Palestine, Lexi Alexander, was recently suspended from #Bluesky without explanation. Truth is that her advocacy was becoming too influential. Even before bsky mods booted her she was promoting #UpScrolled, which is one of the few safe #socialmedia sites for Palestinians. Issam Hijazi is the founder of UpScrolled.
I joined UpScrolled because I value Lexi’s perspective and bsky mods won’t stop me from following her. If you have an UpScrolled account let me know and I’ll follow you too.
One of the strongest advocates for #Palestine, Lexi Alexander, was recently suspended from #Bluesky without explanation. Truth is that her advocacy was becoming too influential. Even before bsky mods booted her she was promoting #UpScrolled, which is one of the few safe #socialmedia sites for Palestinians. Issam Hijazi is the founder of UpScrolled.
I joined UpScrolled because I value Lexi’s perspective and bsky mods won’t stop me from following her. If you have an UpScrolled account let me know and I’ll follow you too.
Anyone on UpScrolled ?
“ Built by Palestinian-Australian developer Issam Hijazi and supported by the Tech for Palestine incubator “
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/upscrolled-is-live-the-instagram-alternative-thats-actually-on-your-side/
Not Meta (Zuckerberg) X (Musk) or TikTok (Ellison)
https://www.thecanary.co/trending/2025/11/02/upscrolled-app/
Dear @tech4palestine,
I'm concerned that many Palestinian people are using your #UpScrolled software and
it's not #FreeSoftware, and it uses trackers from companies aligned with
Israel politics.
In this situation, whatever you're own politics, I think this can be dangerous to #Palestinians to use unproven cryptography with unknown security practices.
What's your take on this?
Dear @tech4palestine,
I'm concerned that many Palestinian people are using your #UpScrolled software and
it's not #FreeSoftware, and it uses trackers from companies aligned with
Israel politics.
In this situation, whatever you're own politics, I think this can be dangerous to #Palestinians to use unproven cryptography with unknown security practices.
What's your take on this?
A new Instagram-like app, UpScrolled, seems like the wrong direction:
❌ not Free Software
❌ app-only, no web interface
❌ no self-hosting
❌ not federated
❌ seeking advertisers
Meanwhile we already have Pixelfed:
✅ Free Software license: AGPL3+
✅ web interface and a mobile app
✅ self-hosting or find an existing server
✅ part of the fediverse
We don't need a new proprietary walled garden! Grow the fediverse!
Meine Deutsch-palestinischen Freunde (ich wusste nicht dass ich so viele habe) wechseln gerade alle zu https://upscrolled.com/, mit dem Versprechen freisprechen zu können. Ich mache mir Sorgen, dass sie nur in die nächste Falle laufen. Vielleicht kann man sie überreden, dass sie wenigstens Activity Pub einbinden.
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My German-Palestinian friends (I didn't know I had so many) are all switching to https://upscrolled.com/, with the promise of being able to make free calls. I'm worried they're just walking into the next trap. Maybe we can persuade them to at least integrate Activity Pub.
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أصدقائي الألمان الفلسطينيون (لم أكن أعلم أن لدي الكثير منهم) ينتقلون جميعًا إلى https://upscrolled.com/، مع وعد بإمكانية التحدث مجانًا. أنا قلق من أنهم يقعون في الفخ التالي. ربما يمكن إقناعهم على الأقل بدمج Activity Pub
#upscrolled #activitypub #freespeech #palestine #freenetwork #federation
A new Instagram-like app, UpScrolled, seems like the wrong direction:
❌ not Free Software
❌ app-only, no web interface
❌ no self-hosting
❌ not federated
❌ seeking advertisers
Meanwhile we already have Pixelfed:
✅ Free Software license: AGPL3+
✅ web interface and a mobile app
✅ self-hosting or find an existing server
✅ part of the fediverse
We don't need a new proprietary walled garden! Grow the fediverse!
