--- title: European Politicians Unveil "W", an Upcoming Twitter/X... description: European politicians and entrepreneurs announced W, a new social media platform positioned as a Twitter/X alternative. Led by former eBay VP Anna Zeiter, the... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/european-politicians-unveil-w-an-upcoming-twitter-x-alternative-bwtgbap2d twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: European Politicians Unveil "W", an Upcoming Twitter/X Alternative | daily.dev og:description: European politicians and entrepreneurs announced W, a new social media platform positioned as a Twitter/X alternative. Led by former eBay VP Anna Zeiter, the... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/european-politicians-unveil-w-an-upcoming-twitter-x-alternative-bwtgbap2d og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/bwTgbAp2D.png og:image:alt: European Politicians Unveil "W", an Upcoming Twitter/X Alternative og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # European Politicians Unveil "W", an Upcoming Twitter/X Alternative **[80 LEVEL](https://daily.dev/sources/80lv)** · 3 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary European politicians and entrepreneurs announced W, a new social media platform positioned as a Twitter/X alternative. Led by former eBay VP Anna Zeiter, the platform will be governed and hosted in Europe with mandatory identity verification for all users to combat bots and disinformation. The advisory board includes former German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rösler and other European political figures. W operates as a subsidiary of climate activist organization We Don't Have Time, backed by companies like IKEA, Volvo, and Unilever. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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