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Tamsin Paternoster

EXPLAINED: Fact check is the eu launching a social media platform called w - The Real Truth

Claims are spreading online that the European Union is building its own social media platform to replace X, with posts alleging that a new network called "W" will be funded by taxpayers and run as a censorship tool.

Posts, shared widely on X, claim the project is backed by Brussels, financed by taxpayers' money and designed to impose EU oversight on online speech.

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