Why We Built Find Out Social
Our new social app is available now!
I’m done asking billionaires for permission to speak.
For years, those of us making progressive news and political content have played by rules we didn’t write, on platforms we don’t own, at the mercy of men whose politics are the opposite of everything we stand for. We’ve watched algorithms bury our content without explanation. We’ve seen accounts suspended, reach throttled, and communities scattered — not because we broke any real rules, but because the rules exist to serve the powerful, not the people.
Mark Zuckerberg decides what your family sees in their feed. Elon Musk decides whose voice gets amplified and whose gets silenced. These aren’t neutral platforms. They are tools of control, dressed up as public squares.
And we kept using them anyway. Because what choice did we have?
That question haunted me. It turns out — we had a choice. We just had to build it.
Today, Find Out Media — in partnership with the Newsmast Foundation — is launching Find Out Social (You can download it here for Apple and here for Android). It is the first social media app of its kind launched in the United States, built on top of the Fediverse: an open, decentralized network that no single person owns, no billionaire can buy, and no algorithm can quietly corrupt.
This isn’t a tweak to the existing model. This is a rejection of it.
Find Out Social exists because progressive voices deserve a platform that actually shares their values. A space where the community — not a board of directors, not an advertising department, not a mercurial tech oligarch — sets the terms. Where journalists can do their work without fear that a mood swing in a billionaire’s penthouse will end their reach overnight. Where activists, organizers, and engaged citizens can talk, organize, and build — on infrastructure that belongs to the people using it.
The Fediverse isn’t new. Millions of people around the world already use it. But no one in the U.S. had built a media-native home on top of it — a place anchored in progressive news and politics, designed specifically for the audience that has been most burned by the platforms they were forced to rely on. Until now.
I want to be honest with you: building this was hard, and the timing felt impossible more than once. It would have been easier to keep posting on X and hoping for the best. To keep feeding the algorithm and cashing whatever reach it decided to give us that week.
But easy isn’t why any of us got into this work.
The news cycle won’t wait. The stakes of this political moment are too high to keep building our movement on someone else’s land. We need a place that’s ours — and we needed to stop waiting for someone else to build it.
So we did.
Find Out Social launches this week. Join us. Bring your people. Help us build something that actually belongs to all of us — because that’s the only kind of platform worth having.
The billionaires had their turn. It’s ours now.
Press Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Embargoed Until: April 27, 2026
Contact: Tim Fullerton, Co-Founder & CEO, Find Out Media tim@wearefindout.com wearefindout.com
Find Out Media and Newsmast Foundation Launch Find Out Social, the First U.S. Social Media App Built on the Fediverse
New platform gives progressive voices, journalists, and engaged citizens a community space free from billionaire control
New York City, May 5, 2026 — Find Out Media, a progressive news and politics media company, today announced the launch of Find Out Social, the first social media application of its kind to launch in the United States. Built in partnership with the Newsmast Foundation, Find Out Social is powered by the Fediverse — an open, decentralized network built on the ActivityPub protocol — giving users a community platform that is free from algorithmic manipulation, advertiser influence, and billionaire ownership.
Find Out Social is available beginning today on both the Apple App Store and Google Play.
“For too long, progressive voices have been forced to build their communities on platforms owned by people who don’t share their values — platforms that can silence, throttle, or monetize their voices at will,” said Tim Fullerton, Co-Founder and CEO of Find Out Media. “Find Out Social changes that. This is a platform built for the people using it, on infrastructure that no billionaire can buy and no algorithm can corrupt. We’re done asking for permission to be heard.”
A First of Its Kind in the United States
The Fediverse — a decentralized network of interconnected social platforms — has millions of users worldwide, but no U.S. media organization had built a dedicated, media-native application on top of it until now. Find Out Social is designed specifically for the progressive news and politics audience that has been most impacted by the consolidation of social media power into the hands of a small number of ultra-wealthy platform owners.
Unlike traditional social media platforms, Find Out Social operates on open-source infrastructure with no single point of corporate control. Users own their experience, their data, and their community — and the platform is interoperable with other Fediverse networks including Mastodon, making it part of a broader, growing ecosystem of decentralized social media.
Built in Partnership with the Newsmast Foundation
The Newsmast Foundation, a nonprofit organization dedicated to building public interest technology on the open web, partnered with Find Out Media to develop and launch Find Out Social. The partnership brings together Find Out Media’s established progressive audience and editorial expertise with the Newsmast Foundation’s technical infrastructure and commitment to open, community-governed social media.
This partnership represents a new way forward for social networks,” said Michael Foster, Newsmast Foundation Director. “Find Out Social demonstrates that media organizations don’t have to choose between reaching their audience and maintaining their independence.
Why Now
The launch comes at a moment of significant upheaval in the social media landscape. Since Elon Musk’s acquisition of Twitter — now rebranded as X — millions of users, journalists, and organizations have sought alternatives to platforms increasingly seen as hostile to progressive voices and free press values. Find Out Social offers that alternative with the credibility of an established media brand behind it.
Find Out Media produces progressive news and politics content reaching more than 100,000 followers and subscribers across platforms. Find Out Social will serve as a native hub for that community — a place where audiences can engage with Find Out Media content, connect with each other, and participate in broader conversations about news, politics, and the issues that matter to them.
Availability
Find Out Social is available now on the Apple App Store and Google Play. For more information, visit wearefindout.com.
About Find Out Media Find Out Media is a progressive news and politics media company producing content for engaged citizens who want to understand the issues shaping their world. Find Out Media reaches millions of people and subscribers across platforms. For more information, visit wearefindout.com.
About the Newsmast Foundation The Newsmast Foundation is dedicated to empowering mission-driven organizations to reclaim their independence by building ethical, community-focused digital homes. We believe your community deserves a space that reflects its core values—a sanctuary free from invasive ads, corruptible algorithms, and data exploitation, designed solely to foster genuine connection and collective power.
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