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Originally published on January 25, 2021 3:57 pm The alternative social network MeWe had 12 million users at the end of 2020. Barely three weeks into 2021 — and two since a right-wing mob attacked the U.S. Capitol — the company says it's now passed 16 million. CEO Mark Weinstein says this popularity is a testament to the reason he launched MeWe in 2016 as an alternative to Facebook. MeWe markets itself as privacy forward. It doesn't harness users' data to sell ads or decide what content to show them. "There's no targeting, there's no algorithm manipulating your news feed. No advertisers ...

The social media platform is known for its "privacy bill of rights." Alt-right groups have flocked to alternative sites as they leave Facebook, Twitter, and other networks.  MeWe says any groups or users who break its rules will be suspended.  MeWe, a social media app that bills itself as a secure and private alternative to Facebook, has gained 2.5 million new users in the last week, the company said, as fringe groups search for new platforms with less oversight.  After the November 2020 election, MeWe made headlines for hosting Stop the Steal, QAnon, and other alt-right groups that were k...

Originally published on January 25, 2021 3:57 pm The alternative social network MeWe had 12 million users at the end of 2020. Barely three weeks into 2021 — and two since a right-wing mob attacked the U.S. Capitol — the company says it's now passed 16 million. CEO Mark Weinstein says this popularity is a testament to the reason he launched MeWe in 2016 as an alternative to Facebook. MeWe markets itself as privacy forward. It doesn't harness users' data to sell ads or decide what content to show them. "There's no targeting, there's no algorithm manipulating your news feed. No advertisers ...

 | Print this article MeWe, an upstart social media company founded on a "Privacy Bill of Rights," said that more than 2.5 million users downloaded its app in a single week as criticism of social media giants such as Facebook and Twitter ramped up after many companies banned Donald Trump from their services after the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol. The ad-free network said that it has 16 million members — double the number of users who had signed up in June 2020 and continuing a trend of doubling its membership every year for the last three years. "People all over the world ar...

MeWe began in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and its founder, Mark Weinstein, envisioned a social and chat app that would give people everywhere the most exciting and helpful sharing technology with privacy built into the design.