Threads, Meta’s Twitter rival, is launching later this week
Published: 2023-07-04 07:31 +02:00 by Agency Staff
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Meta Platforms plans to launch a microblogging app, Threads, days after Twitter executive chair Elon Musk announced a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site.
Threads, Instagram’s text-based conversation app, is expected to be released on Thursday and will allow users to follow the accounts they follow on the photo-sharing platform and keep the same username, a listing on Apple’s App Store showed.
The launch comes after Twitter announced a slate of restrictions on the app, including the need to be verified in order to use TweetDeck. Read: Twitter woes spark fresh interest in Mastodon
Musk’s latest announcements to address data scraping have sparked a fierce backlash from Twitter users and ad experts said it would undermine new CEO Linda Yaccarino, who started in the role last month.
Meta did not immediately respond to a request for comment on a similar launch on the Google Play store. — Akanksha Khushi and Jahnavi Nidumolu, (c) 2023 Reuters Get TechCentral’s daily newsletter