Threads

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Meta's Threads app is a privacy nightmare that won't launch in EU yet (TechCrunch)

Given that Meta, the developer behind the app, the company formerly known as Facebook, makes its money from tracking and profiling web users to sell their ...

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Meta's "Twitter killer" app Threads is here – and you can get a cheat ... (CBS News)

Meta also introduced cheat codes on Instagram to allow people to sign up for a download ahead of time, teasing the release to its billions of users. img-7942.

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What to know about Threads, the Meta-owned app that's taking on ... (ABC News)

Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk averted a cage fight last month, but the companies they oversee -- Meta and Twitter, respectively -- are now squaring off in ...

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Threads: What to Know About Instagram's 'Twitter Killer' App (The New York Times)

Multiple screenshots of the new Threads app in action. Users of Threads, which Instagram unveiled on Wednesday, will be able to directly import the list of ...

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Meta's Twitter Alternative 'Threads' Now Available (Mac Rumors)

Meta today officially launched Threads, the new social media app that it has been working on as an alternative to Twitter. Threads was meant to...

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Threads: Instagram owner launches Twitter-like app (BBC News)

On Threads, we are told that posts can "easily" be shared between the two apps and can include links, photos, and videos of up to five minutes in length. Users will have a feed of posts, which Meta calls "threads", from people they follow and recommended ...

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Meta Launches Threads App, a Challenger to Twitter (Voice of America)

Facebook behemoth Meta officially launched Threads, its text-based rival to Twitter, on Wednesday — but its release in Europe has been delayed over data ...

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Meta launches 'Twitter Killer' Threads app (Otago Daily Times)

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has delivered a blow to Elon Musk, ramping up the tech billionaires' rivalry with the launch of Instagram's much-anticipated ...

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Meta unveils Threads as 'friendly' alternative to Twitter (Financial Times)

Launch of social media platform puts Mark Zuckerberg in direct competition with Elon Musk.

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Meta launches 'Twitter Killer' Threads app (Otago Daily Times)

Meta's Mark Zuckerberg has delivered a blow to Elon Musk, ramping up the tech billionaires' rivalry with the launch of Instagram's much-anticipated ...

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Meta takes aim at Twitter with the launch of rival app Threads (Stuff.co.nz)

Meta has unveiled an app to rival Twitter, appearing to target users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned – and frequently changed ...

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Ten thoughts about Threads, the new Meta-owned Twitter alternative (The Spinoff)

Stewart Sowman-Lund joins Instagram's new Twitter knock-off, Threads. Ever since Elon Musk swooped into Twitter and set about destroying it step by step ...

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What you need to know about Threads, Instagram's new Twitter ... (NBC News)

Instagram's Threads app, a text-based social media platform poised to become Twitter's latest competitor, is now available to users in more than 100 ...

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Threads could cause real problems for Twitter (BBC News)

Meta's new app benefits from its billion-plus Instagram followers that give it a huge shot in the arm.

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Zuckerberg's Twitter rival Threads reaches 10M users in 7 hours (POLITICO.eu)

Facebook boss Mark Zuckerberg said Thursday that his Threads app, a micro-blogging competitor to Elon Musk's Twitter, had more than 10 million sign-ups in ...

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What is Threads? Here's what you need to know about the potential ... (CNN)

Facebook-parent Meta on Wednesday officially launched its Twitter competitor, Threads, after first confirming its plans for the app just three months ago.

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Why has Threads, Meta's answer to Twitter, not launched in the EU? (Euronews)

Meta's new app has been listed in the US and the UK, but has no foreseeable launch date in the EU yet as the company worries about the bloc's privacy ...

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Instagram head says a Threads 'Following' feed is 'on the list' of ... (TechCrunch)

The app is pretty similar to Twitter, but it's missing a key feature: a feed that only includes posts from people you follow.

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10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads (NPR)

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates ...

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Is Threads really a 'Twitter killer'? Here's what we know so far (NPR)

Meta already has more than 3 billion users across its stable of apps (which include Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp), and is making it easy for its existing ...

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4 ways Threads can win over businesses - Raconteur (Raconteur)

Meta's highly anticipated Twitter alternative must work hard to attract and reassure brands that it is a safe space to operate and advertise.

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Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app (BBC News)

Its owner Elon Musk says "competition is fine, cheating is not" a day after the rival app launches.

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Threads: Thirty million join Meta's Twitter rival, Zuckerberg says (RNZ)

Thirty million users have signed up for Meta's newly launched Threads app on its first day, the company's chief Mark Zuckerberg says.

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Figuring out Threads, the next social media juggernaut (Stuff.co.nz)

ANALYSIS: With more than 10 million downloads in its first few hours, Threads looks to be a social media juggernaut – but does it live up to the hype?

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Is Threads really going to be the next social media juggernaut? (Stuff.co.nz)

Lyric Waiwiri-Smith is a Gen Z culture reporter for Stuff. ANALYSIS: There's a new social media platform in town – and it wants you to get off Twitter.

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How Threads Could Kill Twitter (WIRED)

Meta's microblogging app is intuitive, has already been downloaded by millions of people, and has other advantages over Twitter's would-be rivals.

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After Threads, There Has to Be a 'New Twitter' Moratorium (WIRED)

On Wednesday, Threads' launch day, Mark Zuckerberg posted about his desire to usurp Elon Musk's broken social network: “I think there should be a public ...

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Threads: The New Instagram App Launches Early (Search Engine Journal)

Threads, an Instagram app, has arrived early. Learn how to get the Threads app, who is on it already, and what personal data it will use.

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How Threads' Privacy Policy Compares to Twitter's (and Its Rivals') (WIRED)

Here's what personal data is collected by Meta's Threads, as well as by Twitter, Bluesky, Mastodon, Spill, and Hive Social.

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Threads: new Twitter rival looks like a shrewd move but Meta lacks ... (The Conversation UK)

Twitter is in trouble, but is Meta's Threads a viable alternative for disaffected users? Experts explain.

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Threads, Instagram's new app, won't kill Twitter if it's boring (Vox)

Threads, Instagram's new copycat app, is nowhere near as fun as Twitter. Can anything be?

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Threads: An Early Vibe Check (The New York Times)

You're reading the It Happened Online newsletter, for Times subscribers only. Madison Malone Kircher breaks down the internet stories that have your timelines, ...

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