{"id":10603,"date":"2023-07-05T23:37:15","date_gmt":"2023-07-05T21:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/meta-launches-twitter-rival-threads-in-100-countries\/"},"modified":"2023-07-05T23:37:15","modified_gmt":"2023-07-05T21:37:15","slug":"meta-launches-twitter-rival-threads-in-100-countries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/meta-launches-twitter-rival-threads-in-100-countries\/","title":{"rendered":"Meta launches Twitter rival Threads in 100 countries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Zuckerberg targets Elon Musk\u2019s troubled platform with new app closely modelled on Twitter<\/p>\n<p>Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta has launched its rival to Twitter, with the Threads app seeking to woo users from Elon Musk\u2019s troubled platform through an offer of lengthier posts, a handful of celebrity backers \u2013 and a strong resemblance to its competitor.<\/p>\n<p>The Facebook and Instagram owner brought forward the app\u2019s debut by 15 hours to 7pm EDT in the US and midnight in the UK, making it freely available in 100 countries on the Apple and Google app stores, although regulatory concerns mean it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2023\/jul\/05\/meta-delays-eu-launch-of-twitter-rival-threads-amid-uncertainty-over-personal-data-use\">not be available in the EU<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/06\/meta-launches-twitter-rival-threads-in-100-countries\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0a665c859559221c3f10459bbe54295225b5bc34\/0_169_5000_3000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=49c8d2e40abda1a0befc69eef4340046\" title=\"Meta launches Twitter rival Threads in 100 countries\" \/>Mark Zuckerberg targets Elon Musk\u2019s troubled platform with new app closely modelled on Twitter<br \/>\nMark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta has launched its rival to Twitter, with the Threads app seeking to woo users from Elon Musk\u2019s troubled platform through an offer of lengthier posts, a handful of celebrity backers \u2013 and a strong resemblance to its competitor.<br \/>\nThe Facebook and Instagram owner brought forward the app\u2019s debut by 15 hours to 7pm EDT in the US and midnight in the UK, making it freely available in 100 countries on the Apple and Google app stores, although regulatory concerns mean it will not be available in the EU. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mark Zuckerberg targets Elon Musk\u2019s troubled platform with new app closely modelled on Twitter Mark Zuckerberg\u2019s Meta has launched its rival to Twitter, with the Threads app seeking to woo users from Elon Musk\u2019s troubled platform through an offer of lengthier posts, a handful of celebrity backers \u2013 and a strong resemblance to its competitor. &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/05\/meta-launches-twitter-rival-threads-in-100-countries\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Meta launches Twitter rival Threads in 100 countries<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10604,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10603"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10603\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10604"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10603"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10603"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10603"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}