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Meta’s Threads has 70 million signups, surprising Zuckerberg

Meta Platforms Inc.’s new social media app Threads has garnered 70 million users in just two days after its launch, a sign of enthusiasm that Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg said was “way beyond our expectations.”

Tribune News Service

Creators react to Threads: ‘It’s better than Twitter’

But monetization questions loom for Zuckerberg’s latest iteration.

Fortune

Twitter threatens to sue its new rival, Threads, claiming Meta stole trade secrets

An attorney for Twitter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees with the intention of creating a "copycat" platform, implying a lawsuit could come next.

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Zuckerberg’s ‘Twitter killer’ Threads hits 70m sign-ups in two days

Microblogging platform apparently fastest-downloaded ever, with Elon Musk threatening to sue over ‘copycat’ app

The Guardian - UK

The college student who tracks Elon Musk’s private jet use is back—on Mark Zuckerberg’s Threads

And yes, he’s planning to track Zuckerberg too.

Fortune

I used Threads for 24 hours — what I love and hate about Instagram's Twitter challenger

I spent 24 hours on Threads, Instagram's newly launched Twitter rival. Here are the biggest pros and cons from my experience.

Tom’s Guide

Mastodon fixes major security flaw that could have allowed system hijacking

A total of five CVEs have been addressed in Mastodon’s latest round of security patches, including several critical vulnerabilities.

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Elon Musk mocks 'the false happiness of hide-the-pain Instagram' as he sends Twitter's lawyers in on Threads

U ok hun?

PC Gamer

Zuckerberg’s kindness pledge for Threads is ‘absurd’, says Molly Russell charity

Foundation says words contradict reality of Instagram, which contributed to suicide of London teenager

The Guardian - UK

Could Meta’s Threads deal a knockout blow to Twitter?

Mark Zuckerberg’s rival social network is first serious threat to Twitter since Elon Musk takeover

The Guardian - UK

All these features are on the way to Threads by Instagram

Threads is going to release numerous updates to the app in the near future to remedy complaints from users about missing functionality.

Windows Central

Attack of the Twitter Clones

Plus: Groups ask Supreme Court to say public officials can't block people, latest jobs report shows openings down, and more...

Reason

Threads threatens to muscle in on Mastodon's Fediverse and admins are up in arms about it

Privacy concerns have lead to petitions being signed to keep Meta out.

PC Gamer

OPINION - So much for privacy – Threads shows how cheap we are

Yesterday morning followed its usual pattern of early morning events for me, but for one notable change in circumstance. On the iphone I reach for the second my eyes open a decorous new squiggle avatar appeared, a memorable addition to the banking apps, endless snapshots, email chains, texts, whatsapps, notes,…

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TechRadar

Twitter vows to sue Meta over new rival Threads app

"Competition is fine, cheating is not," tweets Elon Musk a few hours after Twitter's new competitor launched. Here's what's happening right now.

Creative Bloq

Why does all social media look the same now?

Social Wars: Attack of the Twitter Clones

Evening Standard

A chronological feed is coming to Threads

Instagram chief Adam Mosseri announced the change as part of a rebuke to Elon Musk and Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey

Tom’s Guide

Twitter threatens to sue Meta over Threads — what you need to know

Twitter has accused Meta of “systematic, wilful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property.”

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Axios

Threads launch gives Mark Zuckerberg a little taste of redemption

Users are flocking to the Twitter alternative as a refuge from Elon Musk's chaos.

Evening Standard

You can’t delete your Threads profile without deleting Instagram, so what are your options?

More than 30 million people have signed up for Threads since the app’s launch on Wednesday, according to Mark Zuckerberg

Tom’s Guide

You can’t delete your Threads account if you want to keep Instagram — here’s why

Tired of Threads already? Well you can't delete your account unless you're willing to lose Instagram too.

The Independent UK

Twitter threatens legal action against Meta over its new rival app Threads

Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its new text-based app called Threads

The Conversation

Threads: new Twitter rival looks like a shrewd move but Meta lacks credibility

Mark Zuckerberg’s new social media platform, Threads, has been released in smartphone app stores (although not in the EU). Zuckerberg, who is chief executive of Threads’ parent company Meta, says that at least 30 million users signed up in the app’s first day. According to some speculative reporting, Threads might…

The Independent UK

Threads: Kim Kardashian and the Dalai Lama among celebrities joining Meta’s new app

Meta’s Twitter alternative launched on Wednesday

Motor1

Ford Mustang Dark Horse R Teased On New Social Media Platform Threads

The track-only machine will break cover on July 27.

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