Relying on foreign-owned platforms, Margrethe Vestager said, left the continent exposed—vulnerable to decisions made far away, data practices that ignored European rules, and influence that could shape elections, public debate, and civil society without any real local control.

https://monnett.social/blog/rebuild-gathering-in-copenhagen/

Thank you Gcore for organising the community event in Luxembourg. It was a most interesting debate on whether Europe is ready for its own sovereign infrastructure. One conclusion we'd like to draw from this evening is that "we need European companies supporting each other."

📸 Anna Smaruj

If you're tired with all the new updates Instagram pushes onto you instead of showing you your friends, maybe it's time to looks for a new platform? I have some ideas! 👇🏼

🔗 https://monnett.social/blog/5-alternatives-to-instagram/

"How do you start up a social network app? Where do you get the funding from? And will Macron’s dream of the French government using only French made tech become a reality.

In this episode of Office Hours, Adam Petersen is joined by Christos Floros, founder of the European social media network, Monnett."

Listen to Office Hours 🔗 https://play.rtl.lu/shows/en/office-hours/episodes/r/2668811

“In 2025, almost 70% of Europeans said they were using social media platforms. These tools play an important role in our society and in our private lives. Shaping the way we think, perceive and interact with each other.

The algorithms dictate how people feel about themselves. The algorithms dictate how people feel about each other. The algorithms dictate our democracies. (...) And we need to build alternative social platforms that enable people to have agency again.”

"It's really important for us that it's not an algorithm that determine what's on your screen, but yourself."

https://f24.my/BuZq