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  2. Jul 6, 2023Meta has unveiled an app called Threads to rival Twitter, targeting users looking for an alternative to the social media platform owned — and frequently changed — by Elon Musk. Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and ...
  3. Jul 4, 2023The launch of Threads represents a credible threat to Twitter under Musk, whose attempts to boost revenues and reshape the platform his own image have faced severe criticism. After acquiring the company late last year, he laid off around 80% of staff and reinstated a number of banned accounts, such as those of former U.S. President Donald Trump ...
  4. Jul 7, 2023Meta in particular has a dicey history with its handling of data.Facebook's user data was improperly harvested by the political consultancy Cambridge Analytica ahead of the 2016 election, with that information then used to target and mislead voters. Similarly, in 2019, Facebook was hit with a record $5 billion penalty by the U.S. Federal Trade Commission for deceiving users about the ability ...
  5. Nov 15, 2024Bluesky also just became the top free-downloaded app in Apple's app store in the U.S., surpassing Meta's Threads and OpenAI's ChatGPT. Bluesky is quickly becoming the new social network that liberal politicians, celebrities and news junkies are jumping ship for, while dormant accounts on the app are finally being used. ...
  6. Jul 9, 2023Jack Sweeney, the college student behind the "ElonJet" account that tracks Elon Musk's private jet, has taken off for Meta's Threads after Twitter suspended his account last year. Sweeney's move to Mark Zuckerberg 's Twitter competitor arrives months after Musk threatened to take legal action against the student in December.
  7. Nov 15, 2024Add to that an influx of X users seeking refuge on alternative platforms they deem less volatile than X, like Meta's Threads. But why the seemingly sudden change? This isn't the first or second time X users have threatened to take their social media activity elsewhere. It's also not the first time Musk's actions have contributed to X ...
  8. Aug 14, 2023The ongoing drama surrounding the event has always made it seem unlikely. Musk first wrote a few months ago that he was "up for a cage match" with Zuckerberg amid reports Meta was preparing to launch Threads, a challenge the Facebook co-founder appeared to agreed to.
  9. Jul 5, 2023Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, is expected to launch a Twitter competitor called Threads later this week. Related Twitter. Meta To Launch Twitter Challenger App Threads. Elon Musk's Twitter Sued Over Unpaid Office Services. Twitter Puts 'Temporary Limits' On Number Of Posts That Users Can Read.
  10. Oct 8, 2024Some of Brazilian X's users have migrated to other platforms, such as Meta's Threads and, primarily, Bluesky. It's unclear how many of them will return to X. In a statement to the AP, Bluesky reported that it now has 10.6 million users and continues to see strong growth in Brazil. Bluesky has appointed a legal representative in the South ...
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