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No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here(www.independent.ie)

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Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future. It is being released in the US and the UK on Thursday of this week as an alternative to Twitter.

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randomaccount43543@lemmy.world
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Good! Stay out of the EU with your data-stealing apps! 🇪🇺

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thefluffiest@feddit.nl
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Oh no! Anyways…

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Tiritibambix@lemmy.ml
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I’m so glad. I hope it will stay this way. Fuck méta.

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filthypotato@discuss.tchncs.de
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Would be nice if they’d stop their other services here too.

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rtxn@lemmy.world
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And nothing of value was lost.

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Kerandir@lemmy.world
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Eh maybe I would have opened instagram xD

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