The next era of social media: built and run in Europe, ruled by our laws

b65e8bee43c2ed0

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petcat

> built and run in Europe This looks like it's just the open source BlueSky instance and AT protocol? That's an American project and company, right? Is it just that the instance itself is run in Europe? What is "built in Europe"?

tobr

As a European, my impression is that things named something something ”Euro” tend to be cheap and low quality. I don’t think it’s possible to build a positive consumer brand around ”Eurosky”. I support the cause though - we probably need to find a catchy word like ”Brexit” or ”enshittification” to make it salient.

basemi

> [...] Get access to any app built in the AT Protocol, including Bluesky, Flashes, Tangled, and many more [...]

lpcvoid

Great, registered. I hope it will take off.

gadders

"..ruled by our laws" = "Content under our political control"

calgoo

Also, the name is.... Could they really not come up with something apart from a bluesky rip off? I understand they integrate with them etc, but still if you want to create a new app that you want actual people to use, then you need to be a little more creative. Thats ignoring the web design choices that others have commented on.

JuniperMesos

Competition is good, but Europe has generally less good legal free speech protections than the United States does (because basically everywhere has less good legal free speech protections than the United States does, the first amendment is a powerful legal framework). Being governed by European law means that there's a whole host of things that the criminal justice system has an interest in preventing you from saying, and eurosky will presumably follow the law.

INTPenis

As far as I can tell this has no connection to the European Union, it's just a private company that launched a bsky instance?

bashwizard

Thanks but no thanks. I'm not going to give you any of personal information whatsoever.

das_keyboard

> What are Eurosky’s goals? > In the next 12 months we aim to set up and operate key components in the AT Protocol tech stack: PDS services, relays, and content moderation, in order to ensure that the ecosystem is robust, resilient and with a base in Europe. We also aim to kickstart the development of a suite of social applications that advance democratic and participatory civics, through technical support, access to resources, and collaboration with communities. > To do that, we aim to raise €5-7 million over the next 12 months, and €15 million in funding by 2028. €5-7m for operating a BlueSky instance. Great use of european funds right here!

pkphilip

Considering the draconian policies in the UK, Germany etc where people are arrested based on their social media posts criticizing the government or its officials or anything the govt doesn't agree with, I am not sure what exactly is the selling point here of using a social media platform built/hosted in Europe. Sources: German police arrest author over tweets criticising Netanyahu https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/german-police-arrest-aut... German police raid home of social media user over civil servant 'parasite' post Man's house searched at dawn after criticizing tax system and government workers on social media; lawyer calls actions 'absurd and illegal' https://www.aa.com.tr/en/europe/german-police-raid-home-of-s...

DarkmSparks

"the laws" being making everything you post on it publically available in bulk for research into social engineering so the brussels elite/monarchies can better manipulate the population. Remind me again exactly why anyone should be excited about that?

PowerElectronix

This is just sad

heikkilevanto

I like their privacy policy

budududuroiu

All these "European social media" projects are, imo, cash grabs trying to capitalise on the populist "European digital sovereignty" sentiment. If your goal was social media "built and run in Europe, ruled by our laws", you'd just host a Mastodon instance and donate those EU funds to Mastodon GmbH

fennecfoxy

Human social culture is not ready for this sort of thing. We love to pretend that we're all for free speech; but our species are too tribal and we'll never escape it. We are not a socially mature species in the slightest.

ACCount37

"Ruled by our laws" is the opposite of a selling point. I don't trust megacorps, but I trust governments even less than that.

hagbard_c

Another contender to become the European 'Max' [1] for when the EU decides it can no longer tolerate communications applications where those who stray too far from the desired narrative are not reined in. Nope, nein, nee, nej, non, нет, não, nie, nei, ei, nē, ne, όχ and whatever other word for 'no' you can think of. [1] https://www.themoscowtimes.com/2025/08/28/everything-you-nee...

gyulai

Oh boy. Vaporware startup facing an unsolved cold-start problem calling itself the “next era” of something and announcing lofty funding goals. Exactly where I want to put my personal data.