Meta's new app Threads, which is expected to become the number one rival to the struggling Twitter under Elon Musk's leadership, can be downloaded by anyone in the US, UK and many other countries in world, except the European Union. Why?
Threads is not yet working in the EU and may never be, as the EU has stricter rules regarding user privacy. Currently, the EU has not blocked the application, but the Meta company is being cautious in advance.
The app has been described as a "privacy nightmare" by tech experts because, despite being a standalone app, it imports personal data from Instagram.
Users of Threads are informed that the app will collect a wide range of their data including health and financial information, browsing history, location, purchases, contacts, search history and other information.
In the EU, this type of communication between social networking platforms has been banned.
In January, Meta was fined over €377 million for lacking a valid legal basis under the EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) to display ads on Facebook and Instagram.
