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Why can't the EU build their own social media platform?

What if they structured the financing like they do with science?

>>ameliu+(OP)
You are targeting an order of magnitude larger organization than it's necessary. The EU doesn't build anything, people in countries do.

The problem with the EU market is that if I launched anything social, I'm immediately hit with a localization problem so I have to launch first either in English (you lost 53% of people)* or start with a few select countries first with their native language.

It's kinda a mess. Money is not really the issue with EU startups, it's the cultural fragmentation.

There are also many small niche social platforms, but of course nothing like FB/X/etc..

* https://europa.eu/eurobarometer/surveys/detail/2979