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Totty Johnson

@6060764@mastodon.social · 15 hours ago

Does the exodus to #UpScrolled signify the end of #TikTok ? https://share.google/ohdM6MWJa3wa1bkzP

Totty Johnson

@6060764@mastodon.social · 15 hours ago

Does the exodus to #UpScrolled signify the end of #TikTok ? https://share.google/ohdM6MWJa3wa1bkzP

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Willow

@salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org · 18 hours ago

#TikTok alternative #UpScrolled is yet another #socialmedia echo chamber
https://cybernews.com/editorial/upscrolled-app-politics/

Cybernews

TikTok alternative UpScrolled is no stranger to hypocrisy and hate speech

TikTok users started a mass exodus to UpScrolled due to censorship concerns. However, like any other social media platform, it is an echo chamber of selective empathy.

Willow

@salixlucida@mastodon.sdf.org · 18 hours ago

#TikTok alternative #UpScrolled is yet another #socialmedia echo chamber
https://cybernews.com/editorial/upscrolled-app-politics/

Cybernews

TikTok alternative UpScrolled is no stranger to hypocrisy and hate speech

TikTok users started a mass exodus to UpScrolled due to censorship concerns. However, like any other social media platform, it is an echo chamber of selective empathy.

AstroMancer5G (she/her)

@AstroMancer5G@spore.social · 20 hours ago

I'm on #upscrolled now (as @FableSamus) and loving it so far. It's immediately apparent that #zionism doesn't fly there at all. We very much need platforms like that.

I can't help but wonder, though, if it's being surveilled. I can't think of a more attractive target for #DigitalSurveillance than a #platform where #Palestine supporters are free to speak openly.

I plan to keep using it, but I will definitely be careful what I #post.

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Roni Rolle Laukkarinen

@rolle@mementomori.social · last week

TikTok getting MAGA spawns new social media services.

UpScrolled is apparently built from scratch as a centralized platform, not based on ActivityPub or ATProto. They explicitly state that current decentralized protocols don't deliver what they need for a video-forward app, whatever that means. It's run by Palestinian-Australian developer Issam Hijazi with support from the Tech for Palestine incubator, launched in June 2025. Positioned as an Instagram and TikTok alternative without shadowbanning, with chronological feeds.

UpScrolled saw a massive surge after TikTok's US ownership restructure in January 2026, when Oracle and other US investors took controlling stake while ByteDance retained only 19.9%. Some users accused TikTok of censoring posts critical of ICE under the new ownership, which drove people to alternatives.

Monnett is also built from scratch, centralized, with no federation. Run by Monnet Social SA based in Luxembourg, founded in 2024 by a team of European technologists and activists. It's their answer to surveillance capitalism, GDPR-compliant, hosted in Germany, with user-controlled algorithm sliders and no psychological profiling. Basically the European sovereignty play.

W is the newest one, announced at Davos just days ago. Another centralized platform built from scratch, run by Anna Zeiter, former eBay chief privacy officer. It's legally a subsidiary of We Don't Have Time, a Swedish climate activist organization backed by IKEA, Volvo, Unilever, WWF, and Salesforce. The advisory board includes former German Vice Chancellor Philipp Rösler and Club of Rome chair Sandrine Dixson-Declève. Requires identity verification with photo and ID to combat bots. European-hosted data only.

The name of W supposedly stands for "We" with two hidden V's for "Values" and "Verified" - and they cheerfully admit that W coming before X in the alphabet is "a welcome coincidence". Beta in February, public launch late 2026. Zeiter said the platform would already count as a success if "political Brussels" posts on W instead of X.

So all three are new walled gardens with different policies and ownership, but none contribute to the Fediverse, ActivityPub or ATProto.

Makes me want to shout, "Hey, look here, we're here!". But nobody listens.

Sources:
https://europeanconservative.com/articles/news-corner/new-european-x-alternative-backed-by-climate-activists
https://www.wionews.com/technology/europeans-plan-to-launch-w-their-own-social-media-platform-to-rival-elon-musk-s-x-1769165110324
https://monnett.social/faq/
https://80.lv/articles/european-politicians-unveil-w-an-upcoming-twitter-x-alternative
https://updates.techforpalestine.org/upscrolled-is-live-the-instagram-alternative-thats-actually-on-your-side/

#SocialMedia #W #UpScrolled #Monnett #Centralized #TikTok

monnett

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Get answers about Monnett, the social network with full algorithm control, real privacy protection, and freedom from Big Tech surveillance.

Tech for Palestine

UpScrolled is live. The Instagram alternative that’s actually on your side.

You can now download UpScrolled. The new place to speak up, share your work, share your life and actually be seen. If you’ve been waiting for a real alternative to Instagram, this is it. Why we needed UpScrolled Let’s be honest. A lot of us are still on

Wion

Europeans plan to launch ‘W’, their own social media platform to rival Elon Musk’s X

Europe is preparing to launch W, a new social media platform positioned as an alternative to X. Focused on verified users, EU-based data hosting and strict privacy rules, W aims to fight disinformation and reduce reliance on US tech platforms.

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Lusogeek

@lusogeek@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

Downloads of TikTok Alternatives Slow in the US
Published Feb. 3, 2026

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/downloads-of-tiktok-alternatives-slow-in-the-us/811265/

#upscrolled #tiktok #tiktoknews #tech #technews #tiktokdata #socialmedia #tiktokalternatives #tiktokdownloads #appsdownloads #appsdata #socialnetworks

Lusogeek

@lusogeek@mastodon.social · 2 days ago

Downloads of TikTok Alternatives Slow in the US
Published Feb. 3, 2026

https://www.socialmediatoday.com/news/downloads-of-tiktok-alternatives-slow-in-the-us/811265/

#upscrolled #tiktok #tiktoknews #tech #technews #tiktokdata #socialmedia #tiktokalternatives #tiktokdownloads #appsdownloads #appsdata #socialnetworks

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MissConstrue

@MissConstrue@mefi.social · 5 days ago

Has a week of #Israeli controlled #TikTok been enough for you? Could I direct your attention to #Upscrolled, available on all the usual platforms?

UpScrolled was launched in June 2025 by Recursive Methods Pty Ltd. It was founded by Issam Hijazi, a Palestinian-Australian app developer and is backed by the Tech for #Palestine incubator. It’s up to a million downloads as of data this week. Privacy policy seems in line with this type of app. I never used TT, so I can’t speak to the functionality comparables, but hey, it’s not run by a Zionist billionaire and his buddies in the #IDF. So, ya know, that’s better.

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/jan/30/tiktok-us-takeover-new-type-of-censorship

Wiki on the founder: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UpScrolled

UpScrolled - Wikipedia

the Guardian

What the US TikTok takeover is already revealing about new forms of censorship | Paolo Gerbaudo

It’s not what we can or cannot say that matters – rather, it’s whether what we say can get any visibility at all under the US-specific algorithm, says academic Paolo Gerbaudo

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Anonymous 🐈️🐾☕🍵🏴🇵🇸 :af:

@youranonriots@kolektiva.social · 4 days ago

If your posts on X, Facebook, or Instagram are being shadowbanned or censored, try creating an account on UpScrolled. UpScrolled does not have shadowbanning or censorship. @realUpScrolled #UpScrolled

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Surya Teja K

@shanmukhateja@social.linux.pizza · 3 days ago

Hey #fediverse

Care to share your thoughts on #Upscrolled ?

Is it yet another centralised network?

#socialmedia #askfedi

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@israajamal@mastodon.social · 3 days ago

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