Are there any social media platforms that are not USA or China owned? Are they any good?
Specifically, I’m looking for a replacement for Facebook and Instagram for sharing information and photos with family and friend groups.
Edit: Thanks, everyone. I’ve got enough here to work something out.
There used to be. Shoutouts to Nexopia the Canadian social media before Facebook blew up.
Modern internet is heavily over-represented by USA. idk why Europe was fine with it up until recent times. Let’s see what happens.
Mastodon is based in Europe.
The ones I could think of are mostly on the Fediverse. In fact I think a very large chunk of the Fediverse are non-US/China: mastodon.social is currently operated by a German non-profit, misskey.io is operated by a Japan-based group, the Mastodon server I’m registered on is owned by a Dutch guy, … I think if it is just for friends/family that are willing to switch, Fediverse might be the best option at the moment
I share pixelfed with family and friends. Works very well.
Naver is Korean
Russia just launched one called MAX 🙃
Lmao OP needs to add Russia to their list
We have a unholy trinity of authoritarian regimes
I think VK is still around which I also think is Russian.
mixi might still just be owned by a Japanese company, but I wouldn’t be surprised if some US company gobbled it up. You need a Japanese phone number (or maybe phone short mail address from a Japanese carrier) to use it and no one I know has used it in many, many years, but it technically still exists.
I think Italy has vero?
