Meta to Launch Threads App on July 6 as Twitter Restrictions Access to Users

Meta Platforms Plans to launch a twitter-rivalling microblogging app called ThreadsDays after twitter boss Elon musk Attracted criticism by announcing a temporary cap on how many posts users can read on the social media site.

Threads is expected to be released on Thursday and will allow users to retain followers from photo-shaking platform InstagramAnd keep the same username, a listing on apple’s app store showed.

The rollout represents a direct challenge to TwitterWhich has decided numerous controversies since musk boght the company for $ 44 billion (near Roughly Rs. 3,61,000 Crore) in 2022.

Last week, the Tesla Billionaire Announced a Slate of New Restrictions on the App, Limiting The Number of Tweets Users Could View Per Day, Prompting Outcry from Many on the Platform.

While Alternative Microblogging Sites – Such as Mastodon and Blue Sky – Have Seen An uptick in User Numbers Since Musk’s Acquisition, Neither Has Been Able to Challenge Twitter.

But Instagram Alredy Has Hundreds of Millions of Registered Users and have a history of introducing new features based on the success of other social media firms.

In 2016, it added a feature called “stories” to instagram, or user posts that disappear after a fixed amount of time, in response to the risk popularity of Snapchat,

More recently, the company’s short-form video feature “Reels” has sought to challenge the risk of Tiktok,

The launch of threads represents a credible threat to Twitter under musk, whose attempts to boost revens and reshape the platform his own image has decided severe criticism.

After accounting the company late last year, he laid off Around 80 percent of staff and reinstated a number of banned accounts, such as of forf forr us president donald traump and conseravative satirical news Site babylon bee.

Hundreds of Advertisers, Concerned by a Percented Rise in Harmful Content on the Platform, Pauses Spending Withinging With Twitter, and Internal Documents Seen By Reuters Showed The Platform users’ BECOMING DISENGED.

Meta did not immediatively respond to a reuters request for comment on a similar launch on the google play store. Reuters Approached Twitter for comment.

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