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> Threads is just an empty website in the EU right now. And it should stay that way. Not launching in the EU is a massive red flag on the data hoovering ambiti
by blitzar 3y ago
> Threads is just an empty website in the EU right now. And it should stay that way.
Not launching in the EU is a massive red flag on the data hoovering ambitions facebook have for threads.
- JumpCrisscross 3y ago> Not launching in the EU is a massive red flag on the data hoovering ambitions facebook have for threads Not really. It just means they don’t want to wait for EU compliance to launch. It’s fairly standard to have an EU lag for feature releases, in the same way there is a lag for releasing certain content in Asia or financial products in the United States.
- ranguna 3y ago> fairly standard to have an EU lag For obvious reasons, like the reasons the person you replied to mentioned: privacy violating features block apps like Threads from entering the EU market. That's a good thing.
- tick_tock_tick 3y agoNo it's just that often waiting for legal to validate you're ok to run in the EU isn't worth waiting around for. Better to launch in the USA and deal with the EU as needed.
- blitzar 3y agoThey dont need a permit or paperwork, they just need to copy and paste the t's & c's from their two existing platforms.
- troupo 3y agoThey can no longer do that: CJEU declares Meta/Facebook's GDPR approach largely illegal: https://noyb.eu/en/cjeu-declares-metafacebooks-gdpr-approach-largely-illegal https://noyb.eu/en/cjeu-declares-metafacebooks-gdpr-approach...
- jacooper 3y agoBTW its not clear if other product like Twitter or Instagram are even compliant, so its not a meta / threads specific thing.