Meta’s Threads has finally launched here in the EU. “Welcome everyone,” says Zuck. The launch “could create problems with EU regulators,” says The Verge, but even I don’t want to write about that subject every day, so let’s focus on the service itself.
The launch is only the latest element of a flurry of Threads activity in recent days. Last week, Threads started rolling out tags worldwide following a test in Australia. Yesterday, Instagram chief Adam Mosseri announced in a post that is no longer available that Threads (which is still tied to the more venerable picture-sharing service) will get dedicated fact-checking next year, which will be packed with elections everywhere from the U.S. to the EU to India. “We currently match fact-check ratings from Facebook or Instagram to Threads, but our goal is for fact-checking partners to have the ability to review and rate misinformation on the app,” he wrote.
