Meta's Threads is finally available to users in the EU
www.euronews.com
The EU's Digital Markets Act is reportedly the reason why it took five months longer for the platform to launch in Europe.
    • misk@sopuli.xyzOPEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I chuckled at that too. Euronews has since revised the title so I updated it here too.

  • AutoTL;DR@lemmings.worldBEnglish
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    7 months ago

    This is the best summary I could come up with:

    The EU’s Digital Markets Act is reportedly the reason why it took five months longer for the platform to launch in Europe.

    Meta’s Threads, a rival to X (formerly known as Twitter), is now available in the European Union following a delay, reportedly due to the bloc’s rules against Big Tech.

    “Today, we’re opening Threads to more countries in Europe,” the company’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced on Thursday on the platform.

    The reason why it took five months longer to launch in Europe is reportedly blamed on the bloc’s Digital Markets Act (DMA) legislation that is designed to rein in the abuses from Big Tech companies and level the playing field with Europe’s own businesses.

    Big Tech companies will have until March 2024 to comply with the DMA requirements.

    However, Meta said in a blog post on Thursday that it had updated its service so that you do not need to have an Instagram account to access Threads.

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