Meta’s social network Threads is now open to European Union residents, five months after its July debut.
Mark Zuckerberg revealed in a Threads article that Meta is expanding Threads to additional European nations. “Today, we’re expanding Threads into more European countries.” “Greetings to all,” he wrote.
Threads.net includes a “Use without a profile” option that does not require users to check in using Instagram. While users may see posts in that mode, they cannot react, like, or repost them.
If you use Threads without a profile in the EU, you will get a single algorithmically filled feed. You may also search for accounts, but not posts, it seems.
To comply with different EU restrictions, the business blocked access to the new social network in the EU when it launched in July. Users were unable to access the social network by downloading the app. Threads didn’t even have an online version to browse postings using URLs at the time.
Meta had to take “additional” procedures in July, just days after Threads launched, to prevent EU-based users from using a VPN to access the social network.
The formal launch follows a story last month in The Wall Street Journal that Meta expected to debut Threads in the EU in December. Threads put a countdown meter on its web page last week, indicating a December 14 debut in the area.
Threads has fewer than 100 million monthly active users, according to Zuckerberg’s Q3 earnings call. The introduction of the social network in the EU will assist the corporation in crossing that threshold.
On Wednesday, Zuckerberg said that Threads had begun testing ActivityPub integration. Posts initially uploaded on the Meta-owned social network might therefore surface on compatible decentralized networks like Mastodon.
