W Social wants to compete with Twitter
A new social network should make Europe more independent. In the leading role: Anna Zeiter from Zurich.
"(...) Now Zurich resident Anna Zeiter (46) is taking a career step – with potentially geopolitical consequences: Zeiter is to build a European response on X, formerly Twitter. Another step in the effort to take Europe at least a little bit out of technological dependence on the USA. (...)
Zeiter describes the new network as a «better version of Twitter»: «Positive, respectful communication should be promoted.» Users must therefore identify themselves as human beings. In this way, fake accounts are prevented and bots that serve as multipliers of fake news or propaganda are excluded. W Social also wants the filter bubble problem address: If desired, a certain number of posts for each user should come specifically from a different opinion bubble. All data is hosted decentrally in Europe by European companies. And of course, W Social is subject to strict EU data protection laws. The beta version is scheduled to go live by February at the latest, and W plans to open up to the general public at the end of the year."
https://www.bilanz.ch/people/w-social-will-twitter-konkurrenz-machen-899933
