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THE PROBLEM

Today, social media is critical technology. It shapes information flows, social norms, and political discourse. Yet Europe runs on US-owned systems whose architectures remain outside European jurisdiction and democratic control.

Regulation can constrain platforms, but without alternative technology, the dependency remains. A sovereign continent cannot outsource its public communications layer.

THE OPPORTUNITY

A new generation of open social media ecosystems built on open protocols offer choice, user control over data and algorithms, and a shared foundation for developers. These open systems discourage the domination of any one company. AT Protocol is one open protocol that is showing a lot of promise.

AT Protocol enables real interoperability: users can move between services without losing their networks, and developers can build applications that work across the entire ecosystem. Bluesky, the largest app built on the protocol, already has over 40 million users, demonstrating that this technology works at scale. 

For Europe, this is our chance to build competitive alternatives to Big Tech. But we need European-hosted infrastructure to make that possibility a reality.

THE SOLUTION

Eurosky builds the foundations that make it cheaper and faster for European entrepreneurs to create social applications and for users to reclaim their online experiences.