[[Elena Rossini c]] discusses how W Social is apparently publishing real identifying personal information (from their government ID check process) on the open web. When confronted with this, the response was that it is intentional, but there's no hint that such consent is being gathered from users, and there has not been such a statement before the confrontation.

https://web.archive.org/web/20260620094028/https://blog.elenarossini.com/the-untold-story-about-w-social-unconventional-beginnings-strategic-pitches-conflicting-signals/

[[Elena Rossini c]] on W Social and its dubious aspects. Creating our own BigTech is not the answer to BigTech vulnerable to Cloud Act.