Europe's anti-Elon

The Europeans by Katy Lee and Dominic Kraemer

Mar 12, 202601:06:34News & Politics

Back when Elon Musk was challenging Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight, Eugen Rochko was building an open-source, non-problematic Twitter alternative, completely without fanfare. Last year, the Mastodon founder announced hi...

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