No Instagram Threads app in the EU: Irish DPC says Meta's new Twitter rival won't be launched here
www.independent.ie
Meta will not launch its new Twitter rival, Threads, in Ireland or the EU for the foreseeable future.
  • tenth@lemmy.worldEnglish
    5·
    2 years ago

    it will collect a wide variety of data from users, including health, financial information, browsing histories, location, purchases, contacts, search history and sensitive information.

    How do you block an app from accessing browsing/search history/purchase?

      • tenth@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 years ago

        There are certain apps I must use, for example banking or Notion. I can already block them from using location/contacts/photos…

        I just wanted to see if other like browsing history/purchase history can be blocked

  • Kaldo@kbin.social
    2·
    2 years ago

    So what happens once they start to federate? The app might be blocked in the EU (or not launch there at all) but they still get access to EU citizen data through AP.