{"id":10695,"date":"2023-07-11T10:38:08","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T08:38:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/as-threads-app-thrives-experts-warn-of-metas-string-of-privacy-violations\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T10:38:08","modified_gmt":"2023-07-11T08:38:08","slug":"as-threads-app-thrives-experts-warn-of-metas-string-of-privacy-violations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/as-threads-app-thrives-experts-warn-of-metas-string-of-privacy-violations\/","title":{"rendered":"As Threads app thrives, experts warn of Meta\u2019s string of privacy violations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The platform\u2019s parent company has gotten into several knots before about mishandling sensitive information<\/p>\n<p>In just a matter of days, Meta\u2019s new Threads app has reached 100 million users, solidifying the Twitter competitor\u2019s claim to the title of the most rapidly downloaded app ever.<\/p>\n<p>That rapid growth has concerned privacy experts, who warn that few users realize just how much information the app collects. They point out that Meta has put the launch of Threads in the Europeean Union <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2023\/jul\/05\/meta-delays-eu-launch-of-twitter-rival-threads-amid-uncertainty-over-personal-data-use\">on hold<\/a> because it\u2019s unclear whether the way the company handles user data and shares it across different platforms, including Threads, will run afoul of impending privacy regulations.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/technology\/2023\/jul\/11\/threads-app-privacy-user-data-meta-policy\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/41535b633ede4db7af648193a3d55e6121e2ad39\/0_162_4845_2907\/master\/4845.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=c6da8be7ca8c760e9c8225074498141c\" title=\"As Threads app thrives, experts warn of Meta\u2019s string of privacy violations\" \/>The platform\u2019s parent company has gotten into several knots before about mishandling sensitive information<br \/>\nIn just a matter of days, Meta\u2019s new Threads app has reached 100 million users, solidifying the Twitter competitor\u2019s claim to the title of the most rapidly downloaded app ever.<br \/>\nThat rapid growth has concerned privacy experts, who warn that few users realize just how much information the app collects. They point out that Meta has put the launch of Threads in the Europeean Union on hold because it\u2019s unclear whether the way the company handles user data and shares it across different platforms, including Threads, will run afoul of impending privacy regulations. Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The platform\u2019s parent company has gotten into several knots before about mishandling sensitive information In just a matter of days, Meta\u2019s new Threads app has reached 100 million users, solidifying the Twitter competitor\u2019s claim to the title of the most rapidly downloaded app ever. That rapid growth has concerned privacy experts, who warn that few &hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"read-more\"> <a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/11\/as-threads-app-thrives-experts-warn-of-metas-string-of-privacy-violations\/\"> <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">As Threads app thrives, experts warn of Meta\u2019s string of privacy violations<\/span> Read More &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":10696,"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\/10695"}],"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=10695"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10695\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10696"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10695"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10695"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10695"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}