‘Pediverse’, which shares posts between social media, is also mentioned.
Foreign media such as the British BBC and the Guardian reported on the 14th (local time) that Meta’s Thread, known as a counterpart to social media X (formerly Twitter), will be launched in Europe.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced this news through his thread account on this day.
Thread was released about 5 months ago, but has not been available in Europe until now. Meta did not provide an official explanation as to why Thread’s European launch was delayed.
The delay in Thread’s launch in Europe is known to be due to strict regulations in the European Union (EU). Previously, Meta mentioned “looming regulatory uncertainty” in relation to this in July. Last August, the EU’s Digital Services Act went into effect, which includes user protection, rules for advertising to children, and algorithmic transparency.
However, the BBC reported that it is not known whether Thread has been significantly changed to comply with EU law.
Along with the news of this European launch, Meta also announced that it will improve Thread’s interoperability. The goal is to allow posts in the thread to be displayed on other social platforms.
The Guardian explained that this is related to ‘fediverse’, a collection of social networks where data and posts can be shared.
“Making Threads interoperable will give people more choices in how they interact and help content reach more people,” Zuckerberg said. “I’m very optimistic about this.” “It is,” he added.
Thread, launched in July of this year, attracted 100 million users in the first week of service. Although the number of active users has decreased significantly since then, it is expanding its position as a rival to X.
On the other hand, in the case of Bloomberg reported that X’s revenue plummeted to $2.5 billion this year. This is half of last year.
Source: Donga
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