MeWe

MeWe
Type of business	Private
Available in	Multilingual
Founded	May 16, 2012 (as Sgrouples)
Headquarters	Culver City, California, U.S.
Area served	Worldwide
Founder(s)	Mark Weinstein, Jonathan Wolfe
Key people	Jeffrey Scott Edell (CEO)
Industry	Internet
Products	MeWe; MeWePro
URL	mewe.com

MeWe is a global social media and social networking service. As a company based in Los Angeles, California it is also known as Sgrouples, Inc., doing business as MeWe. The site has been described as a Facebook alternative due to its focus on data privacy.^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]

In 2022, MeWe announced it will migrate its platform over time to a blockchain-based system, becoming the first major social network to migrate its tech over to the Decentralized Social Networking Protocol (DSNP), which will make it the largest decentralized social media platform.^[3]

^ "MeWe® Appoints Jeffrey Edell as New CEO". PRNewswire. April 12, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Yahoo Finance.
^ Johnson, Arianna (2022-09-13). "Facebook Alternative MeWe Raises $27 Million To Help It Become A Household Name". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
^ ^a ^b Fischer, Sara (2022-09-20). "Facebook alternative MeWe to join Project Liberty protocol". Axios. Retrieved 2023-03-15.
^ Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Graham, Jefferson (July 4, 2020). "Done with Facebook? Consider MeWe, Parler or old standbys such as LinkedIn". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2020.
^ Leonard, John (April 14, 2015). "Social media without the snooping—nice idea but can it really work?". Computing. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

[1] "MeWe® Appoints Jeffrey Edell as New CEO". PRNewswire. April 12, 2021. Retrieved February 21, 2022 – via Yahoo Finance.

[2] Johnson, Arianna (2022-09-13). "Facebook Alternative MeWe Raises $27 Million To Help It Become A Household Name". Forbes. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

[axios-3] Fischer, Sara (2022-09-20). "Facebook alternative MeWe to join Project Liberty protocol". Axios. Retrieved 2023-03-15.

[:0-4] Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[:4-5] Graham, Jefferson (July 4, 2020). "Done with Facebook? Consider MeWe, Parler or old standbys such as LinkedIn". USA Today. Archived from the original on January 13, 2021. Retrieved November 12, 2020.

[Leonard3-6] Leonard, John (April 14, 2015). "Social media without the snooping—nice idea but can it really work?". Computing. Archived from the original on January 22, 2020. Retrieved February 26, 2019.

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