2023-12-15 08:00:00
The American giant Meta, company that owns Facebook and Instagramlaunched his social network Threads in the European Union (EU), where it was not available until nowannounced the group’s president, Mark Zuckerberg.
Threads It was already in the rest of the world in Julybut the American giant preferred to delay its arrival in the EU to have time to study the implication of European regulations.
«We open Thread to more countries in Europe. Everyone is welcome,” Zuckerberg said in a message in the application itself.
Threads is a text version derived from Instagram and Meta It aims to turn it into a competitive alternative to the X network, formerly Twitter.
The fight between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk
Zuckerberg and X owner Elon Muskhave had several confrontations on social networks, and even the first one even proposed a fight to resolve differences. The launch of Threads, in July, seemed deepen the enmity Between both.
On that occasion, Zuckerberg assured that More than 30 million people had downloaded the application Threads on their mobile phones within hours of its launch in the United States.
Meta took his time to clarify the implications of the European Regulation of Digital Markets, which tightens anti-competition rules.
“With the in order to adapt to European regulations«, the group proposed an additional option reserved for users in the EU and the European Economic Area (the EU 27, Switzerland, Ireland, Norway and Liechtenstein), allowing them check Threads without having an Instagram accountalthough with reduced functions.
However, as in the rest of the world, only Instagram users (2 billion in total) can create a Threads account and both accounts are linked.
With information from AFP
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