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LeafPlaza filed a complaint against the European Commission. Here is why.

The high level EU leadership has endorsed W Social publicly. It is also replacing Bluesky as provider in the ATProto space. The choice came without any transparency. LeafPlaza is immediately and directly affected by this decision.

LeafPlaza filed a complaint against the European Commission. Here is why.

LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP|June 23, 2026

Europe's social media path dilemma

Europe has the opportunity to decide the next social media layer in its own terms. Yet, the choice is whether to build the "European X" or the "EU's Insta". Instead, it is to pick the sunny road of open & interoperable systems, or to repeat the Silicon Valley dangerous path of winner-take-all model.

Europe's social media path dilemma

LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP|June 02, 2026

Microsoft's ICC email blockade

The first "digital red flag" for the European tech autonomy

LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP|May 25, 2026

Why Europe needs its own social layer

And why we have to be very careful with how "European sovereignty" is understood

LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP|May 19, 2026

A European perspective on Attie (Bluesky's AI project)

There's a conversation happening in the Bluesky community right now. It is not going particularly well. Attie is Bluesky's standalone AI assistant that builds custom feeds for you using natural language. Globally, it was not a warm welcome. From a European perspective, we should think about it very strategically.

A European perspective on Attie (Bluesky's AI project)

LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP|May 11, 2026

We start with a repost (sort of)

LeafPlaza will publish articles from time to time. We though of using Ghost (awesome self-host option) but the main problem we had was the comments - we want them on the ATP. Leaflet solves it?

LeafPlaza • EU-sovereign social platform compatible with the ATP|April 22, 2026