Threads

Instagram’s Threads Adds Rate Limits, Copying Twitter

Following Twitter's recent move to set rate limits, Instagram's Threads has also declared its plans to implement similar restrictions due to a surge in spam attacks. Earlier this month, Twitter had imposed new limits on the number of tweets users could access due to an extended outage. Musk had explained that Twitter was experiencing "extreme...

Instagram’s Threads Could Be Regulated by Online News Act: Minister

Canada's Heritage Minister, Pablo Rodriguez, has hinted at the possibility of regulating Instagram’s Threads under Bill C-18, the Online News Act, which mandates Google and Meta to compensate publishers for linked or repurposed content. When asked about potentially incorporating Meta's latest social network under the act, Rodriguez replied, "that's going to be eventually included in...

Threads Growth Has Been ‘Mostly’ Organic So Far: Zuckerberg

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced the company’s Twitter competitor, Threads topped 100 million sign ups on the weekend. The milestone was reached in just five days for the text-based app that still has yet to offer a timeline where you can see ‘threads’ from people you follow. "Threads reached 100 million sign ups over the...

Twitter Claims Meta Stole Trade Secrets for Threads App

With Meta's Twitter competitor, Threads, taking over the globe by storm due to its seamless integration into Instagram, things are heating up between Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg, again. X Corp., the successor to Twitter, Inc., has raised serious concerns about Meta Platforms' recently launched "Threads" app. That’s according to a letter obtained by Semafor,...

How to Delete Threads Account: Easy, Delete Your Instagram

With the rush by many to try out Meta’s Twitter competitor Threads from its subsidiary, Instagram, it seems there’s a big catch should you change your mind about creating a profile. According to the Threads privacy policy, should you decide that you want to deactivate your Threads profile, that’s possible at any time. But to...

Threads Sign Ups Hit 30 Million, Reaches #1 in App Store

Meta’s Threads app launched yesterday for iOS and Android, and the seamless transition of leveraging existing Instagram credentials has sent sign ups booming. According to Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday morning, Threads sign ups have reached 30 million in less than a day. "Wow, 30 million sign ups as of this morning. Feels like the beginning...