{"id":1207567,"date":"2023-11-30T07:40:54","date_gmt":"2023-11-30T12:40:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1207567"},"modified":"2023-11-30T07:40:54","modified_gmt":"2023-11-30T12:40:54","slug":"threads-may-finally-launch-in-europe-in-december","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prime-wow.com\/?p=1207567","title":{"rendered":"Threads may finally launch in Europe in December"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has decided to play ball with the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/metas-twitter-rival-threads-wont-initially-launch-in-the-eu-090314803.html\">European Union&#8217;s online services regulations<\/a> in order to bring Threads to its member countries. <a data-i13n=\"elm:affiliate_link;sellerN:The Wall Street Journal;elmt:;cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/shopping.yahoo.com\/rdlw?merchantId=2f007401-3eaa-4237-b69b-54ccbe125502&amp;siteId=us-engadget&amp;pageId=1p-autolink&amp;featureId=text-link&amp;merchantName=The+Wall+Street+Journal&amp;custData=eyJzb3VyY2VOYW1lIjoiV2ViLURlc2t0b3AtVmVyaXpvbiIsImxhbmRpbmdVcmwiOiJodHRwczovL3d3dy53c2ouY29tL3RlY2gvbWV0YS10aHJlYWRzLWV1cm9wZS1sYXVuY2gtOTg0NDhkZjU_bW9kPXJzc19UZWNobm9sb2d5IiwiY29udGVudFV1aWQiOiIwZWI4MTFkYi0xMGUzLTRkYzQtOTVkZS05YjU4ZDA5NWVmOWQifQ&amp;signature=AQAAASPf8-_tHHPzErCgeDiWy1LAoNWn_TCIwRhBXy2ZcwUp&amp;gcReferrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.wsj.com%2Ftech%2Fmeta-threads-europe-launch-98448df5%3Fmod%3Drss_Technology\" class=\"rapid-with-clickid\" data-original-link=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/tech\/meta-threads-europe-launch-98448df5?mod=rss_Technology\">According to <em>The Wall Street Journal<\/em><\/a><em>,<\/em> Meta will make Threads available across Europe in December and, in compliance with EU policies, allow users to access the platform without needing to create a profile.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/metas-threads-app-is-here-to-challenge-twitter-230039730.html\">Threads<\/a> first launched to most of the world in July as an alternative to Elon Musk&#8217;s increasingly polarizing X, formerly known as Twitter. Threads reached <a data-i13n=\"cpos:4;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/the-morning-after-metas-threads-tops-100-million-users-in-under-a-week-111515756.html\">100 million users in its first week<\/a> but has experienced some drop-off. The Meta-owned platform currently has about 73 million active users compared to X&#8217;s 365 million.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"end-legacy-contents\" \/><\/p>\n<p>An expansion into the EU will undoubtedly grow Thread&#8217;s global engagement, but time will tell how fast and to what extent. In October, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted that Threads could see a reach of one billion users in the next few years. Instagram, which people can use to make a Threads account quickly, has over two billion active users but didn&#8217;t hit the <a data-i13n=\"cpos:5;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/2018-06-20-instagram-1-billion-users.html\">one billion mark<\/a> until eight years after launch. Head of Instagram, Adam Mosseri, has also announced that deleting your Threads account <a data-i13n=\"cpos:6;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/threads-will-allow-users-to-delete-accounts-separately-from-instagram-160038998.html\">will no longer delete your associated Instagram account<\/a> \u2014 another point of contention.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Engadget at https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/threads-may-finally-launch-in-europe-in-december-124054154.html?src=rss&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource: Engadget &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.engadget.com\/threads-may-finally-launch-in-europe-in-december-124054154.html?src=rss\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Threads may finally launch in Europe in December<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta has decided to play ball with the European Union&#8217;s online services regulations in order to bring Threads to its member countries. 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