Will W be Europe’s answer to Silicon Valley’s social media dominance?

W is a soon-to-launch European social media platform built around a simple but radical premise: no foreign ownership, and full alignment with what they describe as European values on privacy, identity, and data control.It’s led by Anna Zeiter, formerly Chief Privacy Officer and VP for Data & AI at eBay — and it arrives at a moment when trust in platforms like X is fracturing. Mike Butcher, Pathfounders Editor, dug into what her plans are for the platform.