Meta's Twitter rival will not be available in the EU when it launches Thursday

Instagram Threads is not yet GDPR compliant, says Meta

John Leonard
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Meta's Twitter rival will not be available in the EU when it launches Thursday

Instagram Threads, Meta's answer to Twitter will not be launching in the EU after privacy concerns were raised by the DPC, Ireland's data protection authority (DPA).

A DPC spokesperson said that the Irish regulator had been in contact with Meta about the new service and that it would not be rolled out in the EU "at this point," according to a report by the Iris...

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