Europe Social exists to give Europeans a social platform they can trust. One that stores their data on European soil, speaks their language, and serves their communities — not advertisers, not algorithms, not foreign governments.
Why this matters
Europeans don't control their own public square. Conversations about local emergencies, national politics, and community life happen on platforms headquartered thousands of miles away, subject to laws Europeans didn't write, and governed by policies Europeans can't influence.
When a crisis hits — a wildfire in Greece, flooding in Germany, protests in France — Europeans rely on platforms that have no obligation to keep their data safe, no commitment to their languages, and no presence in their communities.
Personal data is stored outside EU jurisdiction, beyond the reach of the laws designed to protect it.
Smaller EU languages are treated as afterthoughts. Content moderation decisions are made without European context.
Local journalism competes with engagement-optimized rage bait. There is no way to verify who is actually on the ground reporting.
What we're building
Europe Social is a federated social platform built on the AT Protocol — the same open technology behind Bluesky. It adds what Europe needs.
Every byte of user data is stored on servers in the European Union. Not replicated to the EU — born there, lives there, stays there. Full GDPR compliance isn't a feature, it's the foundation.
Automatic translation across every EU language. A post in Finnish reaches a reader in Portuguese without either of them thinking about it. No one is left out of the conversation.
From your neighborhood to your city to your country to all of Europe — see what matters where you are. GPS-verified local posting so you know who's actually there.
Cryptographic verification badges for journalists, government officials, NGOs, and local businesses. On-site attestation proves a reporter is where the news is happening.
When multiple people in the same area report the same event, Europe Social surfaces it automatically. Verified by proximity. Escalated by journalists. Trusted by communities.
End-to-end encrypted private spaces for the people closest to you. No ads. No data mining. No algorithmic interference. Just family.
What we believe
We don't track behavior. We don't sell data. We don't build profiles. We store coarse location at the zone level, never precise coordinates. We encrypt what should be private.
Built on the AT Protocol because portable identity and federation matter. You own your data and your identity. You can leave anytime and take everything with you. No lock-in.
We're not a US platform with an EU checkbox. We're built from the ground up for European law, European languages, European communities, and European values.
In a healthy democracy, local journalism is as essential as roads and water. We give verified journalists signal boost, on-site attestation, and the trust they've earned.
We're not optimizing for engagement. We're not designing for addiction. We're building the town square — the place where communities come together to share what matters.
Who it's for
Who want to know what's happening in their city, their country, and their continent — from people they can trust.
Who need a platform that rewards being on the ground, not being outraged online. Verified, trusted, amplified.
Who need to reach their communities during emergencies with verified, authoritative communication.
Who want a private space that isn't mined for advertising data. Encrypted, intimate, and entirely theirs.
Who want to stay connected to home — their city, their language, their community — no matter where they are.
The difference
| Legacy platforms | Europe Social | |
|---|---|---|
| Data location | US / global | EU only (Hetzner, Germany) |
| Identity | Platform-owned | Portable (AT Protocol) |
| Local content | Algorithmic guess | GPS-verified zones |
| Translation | Optional, inconsistent | Automatic, 28 languages |
| Journalism | Deprioritized | Verified, boosted |
| Incidents | User-reported, unverified | Auto-detected, proximity-verified |
| Privacy | Behavioral tracking | No tracking, coarse location only |
| Family | Public-by-default | E2E encrypted circles |
| Governance | Corporate, US law | European values, EU law |
We believe social media is civic infrastructure. It should be governed by the values of the people who use it: privacy, transparency, accountability, and democratic participation.
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