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Bobby Allyn

Meta's Threads wants to become a 'friendly' place by downgrading news and politics

Top Meta executive Adam Mosseri has said that the company's new Twitter competitor Threads does not need the "negativity" of news and politics on the platform. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Days after the public launch of Twitter rival Threads, Meta executive Adam Mosseri was surprisingly transparent about the company's distaste for the news media: Meta will not be doing anything to encourage hard news and politics on the platform, he wrote.

Amid Twitter's turmoil under Elon Musk, more than 100 million people have rushed to join Threads, making it the most swiftly adopted app in history.

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