Brendan JonesJul 4, 2023

Not only will #Threads not be launching in the EU (presumably because it'll be sucking up so much personal data that they can't make it GDPR compliant), but now the The European Court of Justice has agreed with Germany’s anti-cartel watchdog that Meta can't share harvested personal data between Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. That ruling will also apply to Threads.

A great day for consumer protections.

https://www.thelocal.com/20230704/eu-court-deals-blow-to-meta-in-german-data-case/ #Meta

EU court deals blow to Meta in German data case

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp may need to overhaul how they collect the data of users in Europe after the top EU court ruled against parent company Meta on Tuesday.

The Local
Show threadkfet
@Brendanjones I don’t think this is correct, they do plan to launch Threads in EU. Privacy controls do require time/effort to implement.
Jul 8, 2023 at 6:40pmWeb
Show threadBrendan JonesJul 8, 2023
@kfet yeah, I probably could’ve written that better. Not saying they won’t *ever* launch in the EU, but not anytime soon given the structural changes they need to make to the app and its data sharing with Instagram.