Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future. It is being released in the US and the UK on Thursday of this week as an alternative to Twitter.

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    1 year ago

    Did nobody here read the article? This is sensationalized as hell lol. They aren’t blocking the app, it just hasn’t gone through GDPR approval. They rushed the launch to beat Twitter to a usable product, but it will definitely be released in the EU after they figure all that out.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah of course, definitely agree that the title should match the headline and the clickbaity-ness of it isn’t your fault lol

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    1 year ago

    I remember whenever DPC fined Meta the first couple of times around for the WhatsApp stuff, they threatened to leave the EU if they couldn’t get what they wanted (Harvest user data). Meta honestly thinks that they are above GDPR and Data Protection Acts. But they are not. And the fines that the DPC has imposed should show that.

    It would be better for everyone if they left the EU.

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    1 year ago

    Btw here is a post of all the Data Collection labels the app has in the Apple App Store. Oh what a surprise , it has quite a few.

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    1 year ago

    I’m really happy about EU having RGPD, Twitter is not the best (even more with Musk) but Meta is like, evil.

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    1 year ago

    Very glad we have such a strong governing body in the EU. Not everything they do is perfect, but they are actually taking a stand against mega corps and protecting our rights.

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    1 year ago

    The EU does some nice stuff, please ban the other apps and services from meta next.

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    1 year ago

    If Threads decides to be open for federation with non-Meta instances (which is a huge if, although everybody seems to assume it), maybe this decision might lead to European “normies” joining Mastodon instances just to interact with Threads users.