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eYou: European Social Media Startup Raises โ‚ฌ300K to Fix Social Media's Trust Problem (www.trendingtopics.eu)
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Here is the startup's link: https://eyou.social/

European social media startup eYou has secured โ‚ฌ300,000 in pre-seed funding. The platform, developed in Bucharest, aims to create an alternative to X and Facebook with integrated AI fact-checking and transparent algorithms โ€” its public launch is planned for May 2026. eYou was founded by French serial entrepreneurs Jasseem Allybokus (CEO) and Grรฉgoire Vigroux (CCO), who have been living in Romania for over a decade. The investor is Croatian venture capital fund Fil Rouge Capital.

The core feature: users can request a fact-check on any post with a single click โ€” an AI-generated assessment based on neutral sources that summarises the accuracy of statements. In addition, eYou offers a transparency feature that allows users to view and adjust the profile the algorithm builds about them.

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[โ€“] one_old_coder@piefed.social 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can you really fix social issues with technology? I'm not sure it ever worked before.

[โ€“] Sepia@mander.xyz 1 points 2 days ago

Can you really fix social issues with technology?

No, you can't imo so I fully share you scepticism. As I said in my other comment, it may help by providing some sources, but it's not the solution itself imo.

[โ€“] Diurnambule@jlai.lu 48 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Lol Ai Fact checker wonderfull

[โ€“] warmaster@lemmy.world 21 points 6 days ago (1 children)

" eYou: Hallucination is better than factsโ„ข "

[โ€“] Sepia@mander.xyz 3 points 6 days ago (2 children)

I am also sceptical, though it may help if the bot provides a sources. The major problem is not so much the AI but the people who control the the AI algorithms and the training data.

[โ€“] DaGreenGobbo@feddit.uk 2 points 6 days ago

But how many users will just see that it provided a source and then not actually look up that source to see if it a) exists and b) says what it says it says?

[โ€“] SeductiveTortoise@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

And remember how much the muskrat had to wrench into grok until it repeated his bullshit. It will hallucinate, but I would still think that it is better than nothing.

[โ€“] 0x0@lemmy.zip 17 points 6 days ago

integrated AI fact-checking

That's an oxymoron and the fediverse already exists.

[โ€“] HumbleExaggeration@feddit.org 9 points 6 days ago (2 children)

So the big feature is grok, but maybe with less alternative facts?

[โ€“] Sunspear@piefed.social 3 points 6 days ago

Yeah I would be optimistic, but that's a quite slim proposition if you're saying that your product's main selling point is... an ai-powered button that literally any other platform can add in in weeks too

[โ€“] atro_city@fedia.io 7 points 6 days ago

Watch it flop. There's no need for it when you have the fediverse.

[โ€“] birdwing@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 6 days ago

But where is the decentralised moderation? The anti-fascist stuff? Will it be a worker co-op?

[โ€“] brillotti@lemmy.world 5 points 6 days ago

Their name of choice for this service is terrible, but I like the initiative. Hopefully it won't be a dead social app in half a year from launch.

[โ€“] atcorebcor@sh.itjust.works 3 points 6 days ago

Misinformation is just one problem with social media. What about journalism not being paid ad revenue as it goes to the social media instead? Algortihmic freedom? Network effects (interoperability)?

[โ€“] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 3 points 6 days ago

If you don't trust the weathergirl, have it checked by a fortune teller!

[โ€“] SW42@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

Cool. I dont see the point but coolโ€ฆ

[โ€“] alexquiniou@lemmy.zip 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I'm sceptical ... But prove me wrong

[โ€“] NorskSud@piefed.social 1 points 6 days ago

Who's the hottie?