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Europeans set to launch an alternative to X. It’s called W (cybernews.com)
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European organizations are about to launch their own social media platform, W, amid rising tensions with the United States.

The new platform, W, will require identification and photo validation to ensure that its users are both humans and who they claim to be, Danish news media outlet Politiken.dk reports.

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[–] 0xtero@beehaw.org 6 points 2 days ago (1 children)

If the EU has a system which does not rely on third parties for verification and allows the platform to verify directly with a government-run service

The EU has been driving union wide "Digital Identity Wallet" It's documented here: https://ec.europa.eu/digital-building-blocks/sites/spaces/EUDIGITALIDENTITYWALLET/pages/694487738/EU+Digital+Identity+Wallet+Home

[–] TehPers@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago

I suspected there was something. Last time I saw ID verification in the EU mentioned here, I think someone mentioned this there as well. Thanks for the link!