Instagram threads won’t come to Europe

If you live in Europe and If you’re waiting for tomorrow to download Instagram threads, you might have to wait a little longer. He shouldMeta designed as an alternative to Twitter It was slated to release on July 6.But according to Irish officials, that won’t happen in Europe.

Publication of threads will be limited to US and UK. News that it hasn’t reached the rest of the EU has jumped to Ireland, where a spokeswoman for the country’s data protection agency has confirmed. The Independent Texts may not be published indefinitely in Ireland or other parts of the European Union.

Threads violates the limits of data protection and privacy laws in Europe, which are much stricter than those in the United States. According to the text The app is in its privacy section In the United States, Threads collects user data, including location data, Health, Finance, Browsing History, Online Purchases, Contacts, Search History and other important information.

coupleTo be sure, the EU is not blocking the publication of threads. The company itself has not yet produced this release. The app already appears on the Android and iOS app stores (though it’s not yet downloadable).But not later European territory.

This is not the first time the EU has blocked the launch of new services from Meta or other companies. In 2018The commission also blocked WhatsApp from sharing Facebook data in the European region. 2022 imposed by the European Union Penalty fee Instagram has it for Meta to manage data, and even Mark Zuckerberg threatened Leave Europe and take their apps with them. Bart, Google chatbot is not available in EU for similar reasons. At the moment Meta has made no statement regarding the non-launch in Europe and it is not known what date the books will arrive on the old continent.