WSocial: Twitter – but make it Euro

Elena Rossini 🌈 (@_elena@mastodon.social)

Do you remember the surprise announcement of a new social network in Davos this past January? Something that promised to be the "first" European social network? Its name is #WSocial and it's a fork of #Bluesky. Its founders have ties with European politicians - but there is no official involvement by the EU. You wouldn't know any of this from media reports because they all rehashed their talking points. So I wrote a post about it, dispelling some myths: https://blog.elenarossini.com/w-social-uncovered-the-reality-behind-the-hype/ #OpenWashing

W-Social: What does sovereignty mean for social media? – Open Future

The European Commission’s move to W-Social frames it as a European alternative to X, but its closed-source code and reliance on Bluesky’s infrastructure show that sovereign social media requires open infrastructure—not European ownership alone.

WSocial could change everything - matlfb.com

In early 2026, the European Union announced its own Twitter-like platform called WSocial. The most surprising part is that it is expected to be a fork of Blu...

Twitter-Alternative W Social will keine linke Bubble sein

Jetzt geht W Social an den Start. Die europäische X-Konkurrentin verspricht ein Netz ohne Musk-Einfluss, ohne Bots – und will bewusst keine «linke Bubble» werden.

W Social, le réseau social européen et open source qui ne l’était pas vraiment

Censé être un grand jour pour l’internet européen, le 17 juin dernier a pris des airs de farce. Le lancement de W, le réseau social européen, a

W Social: Europas X-Alternative wirft so manche Frage auf | 1E9.community

Das Social Network W Social soll eine unabhängige europäische Alternative zu X werden – sicherer, offener und stärker an europäischen ...

Ein erster Eindruck von W Social: So wird das nichts

W Social will als Gegen­ent­wurf zu Twit­ter Europa eine starke Stimme in der Sphäre der so­zia­len Medien ver­leihen. Der erste Test fällt er­nüch­ternd aus: Mit der

W Social, public institutions and the theater of European digital sovereignty | Hacker News

And weirdly, there was never a peep about this in the press - while the W Social launch was on national news and a bunch of high-profile EU politicians immediately joined. What's going on here?

W Social is TruthSocial with a European accent. - We Can Just Do Things

The establishment always wants its own internet. Different politics, identical structure: wealthy insiders, community infrastructure they didn't build, and openness performed just long enough to matter.

W Social Isn't New. It Isn't Truly European. It Isn't Even Theirs. - Ewan’s Blog

Another rant on this “European” alternative

European Commission (@EUCommission@ec.social-network.europa.eu)

Attached: 1 image A strong Europe needs independent digital spaces. We believe true digital sovereignty thrives on a competitive, contestable, open ecosystem where diverse platforms co-exist. Today, we’re expanding our presence to W, the new social media. By being on W, we want to boost alternatives and support all efforts toward a decentralised web. And we continue to invest into our presence on the Fediverse!

Europäische Alternative W Social: Ist das die ersehnte Lösung?

Mit W Social geht eine neue europäische Alternative zu Elon Musks Netzwerk X an den Start. Ist das die langersehnte Lösung?