The threads will not appear in other European countries at the moment. The Irish privacy regulator, DPC, has been in contact with Instagram’s parent company, Meta, about the new app. In that conversation, Meta claimed that Threads is “not ready for a European release outside of the UK.”
No specific reason is mentioned. Initially, Meta could test the service on a smaller scale. Another possible reason is the strict European privacy law. when he writes Independent that the controller is not actively blocking the application.
The threads are already available for pre-order in the US and UK app stores. It says the app should be released on July 6. It is not yet available in the Dutch app stores.
Threads appears in a surprising moment. In recent days, Twitter has received a lot of criticism for drastic policy changes. For example, non-paying users can temporarily read a maximum of 1,000 tweets per day.
The Twitter program Tweetdeck will soon no longer be free. People will need to sign up for a paid subscription starting next month to continue using Tweetdeck.
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