{"id":1970266,"date":"2023-07-11T21:22:02","date_gmt":"2023-07-12T01:22:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threads-unavailable-in-eu-over-user-privacy-policy-concerns\/"},"modified":"2023-07-11T21:23:40","modified_gmt":"2023-07-12T01:23:40","slug":"threads-unavailable-in-eu-over-user-privacy-policy-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threads-unavailable-in-eu-over-user-privacy-policy-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"EU users unable to access Threads due to privacy policy concerns."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fthreads-unavailable-in-eu-over-user-privacy-policy-concerns%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1970266&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Instagram Threads Unavailable in the European Union<\/h2>\n<p>Meta&#8217;s Twitter clone, Instagram Threads, is currently <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-deletes-president-trumps-tweets-threatens-permanent-suspension\/\" title=\"Twitter deletes President Trump\u2019s tweets, threatens permanent suspension\">unavailable<\/a> in the European Union, and it seems like it will stay that way for a while.<\/p>\n<p>As the app gains popularity among users, those residing in the EU are being left out due to various regulations concerning user data privacy.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Meta reportedly stated that Threads is not available in the EU due to the lack of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/threads-unavailable-in-eu-over-user-privacy-policy-concerns\/\" title=\"EU users unable to access Threads due to privacy policy concerns.\">clarity surrounding user data privacy laws<\/a>, such as the General Data Protection Regulation and the Digital Markets Law, which will come into effect in 2024 and impact how companies can utilize user information.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>This decision comes after the EU&#8217;s Data Protection Commission found Meta&#8217;s methods of processing Facebook users&#8217; data to be unlawful within the EU. Meta faced fines of $222 million for its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-chinas-tiktok-unable-to-explain-why-they-may-store-your-faceprints-and-voiceprints-and-other-biometric-data\/\" title=\"Report: China\u2019s TikTok \u2018Unable To Explain\u2019 Why They May Store Your \u2018Faceprints And Voiceprints\u2019 And Other \u2018Biometric Data\u2019\">data collection practices<\/a> on Facebook and an additional $201 million for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/california-set-to-pay-reparations-to-victims-of-eugenics-movement-and-sterilized-inmates\/\" title=\"California Set To Pay Reparations To Victims Of \u2018Eugenics Movement\u2019 And Sterilized Inmates\">similar practices<\/a> on Instagram.<\/p>\n<p>Threads made its debut last week as an app that allows users to microblog, similar to Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, Twitter has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seattle-suburb-backs-down-from-ban-on-abortion-clinic-protesters\/\" title=\"Seattle Suburb Backs Down From Ban on Abortion Clinic Protesters\">threatened legal action<\/a>, claiming that Meta has recruited former Twitter employees to create a copycat platform.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meta&#8217;s Instagram Threads, a Twitter clone, remains inaccessible in the European Union due to user data privacy regulations. Despite its growing popularity, EU residents are unable to join the app, leaving them behind. Meanwhile, Biden quietly cancels Trump&#8217;s border wall, resulting in a wasteful expenditure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1970267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1970266","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970266","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1970266"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1970266\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1970267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1970266"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1970266"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1970266"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}