Idka
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Type of site | Platform for communication and collaboration |
|---|---|
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Headquarters | Stockholm, Sweden |
| Area served | Worldwide |
| Industry | Internet |
| URL | www |
| Registration | Required to post, follow or be followed |
| Current status | Discontinued |
Idka AB was a collaborative platform headquartered in Sweden. Idka allowed a user to connect, share, store and share documents and files, while keeping user data safe.[1][2][3][4][5] Idka was advertising-free, and fully encrypted. The solution combined all of the functionality of social media in one place. It promised it will never share or sell information. The user controlled the sharing.
Idka, which was available as an HTML5 web service, required no IT knowledge or support, and no installation of any kind except for apps on iOS and Android.
Idka announced on Twitter, on April 21, 2020, that they were shutting down. They also posted a notice to their users on idka.com, detailing data protection.[6]
Idka was founded upon the belief that the advertising-driven model cannot be fixed, contrary to what Facebook and others have said. Idka was the antithesis to the 'Stalker Economy', the foundation of most social networking, where the users themselves are the product. The built-in drivers of the advertising model will inevitably lead to serious privacy violations, but more than that, it creates a problem for a free, democratic way of life. The problem of tailored news (echo chambers), dark posts, political ‘nudging’ and covert political campaigning, profiling and surveillance is real and has already had discernible impact.