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Instagram's 'Threads' Twitter alternative has been halted in Europe

According to Ireland's Data Protection Commission (DPC), Instagram Threads, Meta's upcoming Twitter rival, won't be made available in the EU due to privacy concerns.

The Irish Independent reported the development and stated that the watchdog had spoken with the social media behemoth about the new product and received confirmation that the release would not include the E.
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"as of this moment. ".

Beginning on July 6, 2023, Threads will be Meta's response to Twitter. According to its description, it's a "text-based conversation app" that lets Instagram users "discuss everything from the topics you care about today to what'll be trending tomorrow.". ".

Users can also continue following the accounts they already follow on Instagram. Despite not yet being accessible for download, the app already has a listing in the Google Play Store and Apple App Store.

According to the App Store's "App Privacy" section, the app is anticipated to gather a variety of user data, including Health and Fitness, Purchases, Financial Info, Location, Contact Info, Contacts, User Content, Search History, Browsing History, Identifiers, Usage Data, Sensitive Info, and Diagnostics.

Although the DPC isn't actively preventing Threads from going live, it's thought that Meta is proceeding cautiously to bring the service to the area, which has strict privacy protections. It's important to remember that Google delayed the release of Bard in the E, its artificial intelligence chatbot.
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because they are related.

The change takes place at the same time as a number of policy changes at Twitter, which started preventing unregistered users from using the website and implemented temporary rate limits for logged-in users to limit the number of posts they can view per day.

The Elon Musk-owned business announced that it is taking action to "detect and eliminate bots and other bad actors that are harming the platform" by "scraping people's public Twitter data to build AI models" and "manipulating people and conversation on the platform in various ways.