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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)
And nothing of value was lost.
this post was submitted on 04 Jul 2023
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In fact, much value was gained.
Eh maybe I would have opened instagram xD
Good! Stay out of the EU with your data-stealing apps! 🇪🇺
Oh no! Anyways…
Imagine being sad about this 🤣
Meta can duck right off. Nobody needs them in the EU
Quack
Would be nice if they'd stop their other services here too.
Did nobody here read the article? This is sensationalized as hell lol. They aren't blocking the app, it just hasn't gone through GDPR approval. They rushed the launch to beat Twitter to a usable product, but it will definitely be released in the EU after they figure all that out.
Just to say that I didn't edit anything to sensationalise it, the headline is the title.
Yeah of course, definitely agree that the title should match the headline and the clickbaity-ness of it isn't your fault lol
Thank you, EU 🫶
I remember whenever DPC fined Meta the first couple of times around for the WhatsApp stuff, they threatened to leave the EU if they couldn't get what they wanted (Harvest user data). Meta honestly thinks that they are above GDPR and Data Protection Acts. But they are not. And the fines that the DPC has imposed should show that.
It would be better for everyone if they left the EU.
This announcement comes the same day as a ruling by the European Court of Justice declaring that Meta is not in compliance with with GDPR, which I refuse to believe is a coincidence.
The EU does some nice stuff, please ban the other apps and services from meta next.
Very glad we have such a strong governing body in the EU. Not everything they do is perfect, but they are actually taking a stand against mega corps and protecting our rights.
I'm so glad. I hope it will stay this way. Fuck méta.
Btw here is a post of all the Data Collection labels the app has in the Apple App Store. Oh what a surprise , it has quite a few.
Do you have an alternative link? The page won’t load for me.
We are really moving toward the Asian style super-apps…
Brexit dividend! /s
I hope it doesn’t launch in Australia
If Threads decides to be open for federation with non-Meta instances (which is a huge if, although everybody seems to assume it), maybe this decision might lead to European "normies" joining Mastodon instances just to interact with Threads users.
I'm sad for the people on the other side of the pond :(
Wouldn’t normally be a problem and it is not a problem at all since it will be ActivityPub compatible.
I don’t like that. They’re going to support it…pull all their consumers towards it, and then replace it with their own proprietary format, killing ActivityPub. Google did the exact same shit
As Trump would say: "This is very cool and very legal." Except it's not.