European alternatives to Reddit
American network of communities and forums covering nearly every topic.
Reddit, Inc. · Outside Europe
About Reddit
- Company
- Reddit, Inc.
- HQ
- United States
- Zone
- Outside Europe
Key concerns
Non-European ownershipSubject to US CLOUD Act
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Lemmy
85 · Strongly EuropeanOpen-source, federated alternative to Reddit built on ActivityPub. No ads, no tracking, no corporate owner. Communities are hosted across thousands of independent instances that talk to each other and to the wider Fediverse.
Free · from Free Free tier Open source European
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Did you know? Storing data on European servers does not protect you from US law if the company is American-owned.
Why avoid United States-owned services?
CLOUD Act
Allows US authorities to compel American companies to hand over data stored anywhere in the world.
FISA Section 702
Permits mass surveillance of non-US persons' data held by US tech providers, without a warrant.
GDPR vs US law
Transferring personal data to US companies may conflict with EU data protection rules under GDPR.