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Meta dropping Twitter competitor on Thursday
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No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here
Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future.
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No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here
Meta’s new Twitter rival wants to suck Instagram users’ data, including health, location, search history and sensitive information, into the new Threads service. Under EU data privacy rules, it faces higher hurdles than in the US or UK, where it is launching on Thursday.
Adrian Weckler
Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future.
It is being released in the US and the UK on Thursday of this week as an alternative to Twitter.
A spokesperson for Ireland’s Data Protection Commission (DPC) said that the regulator had been in contact about the new service and that it would not be rolled out in the EU “at this point”.
The new Threads platform is designed to import data from Instagram, including behavioural and advertising information.
In its US format, the platform tells users that it will collect a wide variety of data from users, including health, financial information, browsing histories, location, purchases, contacts, search history and sensitive information.
In the EU, the Irish regulator has prevented Meta from launching advertising services on Whatsapp that uses data from Facebook or Instagram. The tech giant is allowed to mingle the two data streams in the US, which has weaker privacy laws.
It is unclear when, or if, Meta will launch Threads in Ireland and the EU. A spokesperson for Meta was unavailable to comment on the matter.
However, it is understood that the DPC has not actively blocked the service. Instead, the tech giant has not yet prepared the service for a European launch outside the UK, which is not fully governed by GDPR or EU privacy rules.
The new Meta platform comes after a week of disruption and policy changes for Twitter.
Elon Musk’s company announced that it would begin limiting the number of tweets that all users could read, due to alleged data-scraping practices from unnamed services.
Twitter also announced that TweetDeck is to become the next part of the company to be limited to users who have paid for verified status.
The application, which allows users to manage multiple feeds and searches, will only be accessible to verified users in 30 days, according to a tweet from Twitter Support on Monday evening.
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I generally don't use my iPhone outside of work but I might grab mines and download it lol.
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Ain’t a social media platform comparable to the idea/vibe of a French cafe. Streets, sure. Cafe, nah
Meta's Twitter clone Threads is launching this week
Amid Twitter backlash, Instagram Threads steps up as another alternative for social discussions
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this isn't being launched in the EU because of the data mixing between instagram and threads. the EU is probably the only entity that can ensure that threads user data/profile can be completely separate from instagram
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