2023-07-15 14:41:22
This social network that wants to compete with Twitter was not officially available in Europe, but it was possible to install it with a few tricks.
The discovery lasted only ten days. Launched on July 5 by Meta – the parent company of Facebook and Instagram – in the United States, Threads – a social network which plans to compete with Twitter – was not officially available in Europe due to European legislation on personal protections. However, it was possible to install it in Europe, via a few tricks.
A workaround that does not seem to have pleased Meta since it is no longer possible to use Threads from Europe, since this Friday at least. According to Numerama et BFM TV, Meta confirmed to be at the origin of this blockage, despite the enthusiasm that Threads seemed to take, including in Europe. When trying to connect to his Threads wall, the application indicates that the “content [est] not availablethe same when trying to access the profile of other accounts.
always according to Numerama, the use of a VPN – a private network to artificially change its location, for example in the United States – does not solve the problem. The blocking would thus have been made from the country of origin of the Instagram account used to create the Threads account. Only the creation of a new American Instagram account and then a new Threads account might allow you to continue using the social network from Europe.
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Threads surpassed the 100 million subscriber mark just five days following its launch in the United States. This application is closely related to Instagram which has more than two billion active users.
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