Threads is not yet available in France, but it already attracts many curious people in the United States: Meta on Wednesday launched its new social network, a “microblogging” platform with characteristics similar to those of Twitter. “Come on. Welcome to Threads,” Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote on his Threads account, a post that garnered several thousand likes in minutes, a sign of a newcomer to the world of social media.
Instagram (which Threads links to directly) says the Twitter-inspired social network is now available in more than 100 countries.
But Threads is still not downloadable in France and doesn’t appear in app stores, BFMTV found. Meta has chosen not to make its new social network available to Internet users in the European Union. A decision linked to European regulations.
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In fact, the presentation of this new application seems close to that of Twitter, with a general thread, in which there are already many accounts of institutional actors, in particular Netflix or that of the specialized information site The Hollywood Reporter.
Threads’ publication comes only four months after the first echoes of the project were leaked, and only a few days after a new episode on Twitter, whose social network was weakened.
On Saturday, the main shareholder, Elon Musk, announced the establishment, officially and provisionally, of a limit on the number of messages that can be consulted per account and per day, which took users, advertisers and developers by the Wrong way.
On Monday, Twitter also revealed that the TweetDeck dashboard, which is very popular among active users, will soon only be accessible to verified and therefore paid accounts.
However, the immediate impact of this release could be limited by the fact that Meta has chosen to wait before offering Threads to residents of the European Union.
The giant wants to take the time to clarify the consequences for society and its products of the new digital market regulations (DMA), which came into force at the beginning of May, according to a source familiar with the matter at AFP.
Source: BFM TV
