– I will definitely try it. And I look forward to it. I’m excited to see how it will work. That is what the active Twitter user and comedian Espen Lervaag tells news. He has great faith in the Threads app. There, users can share small texts of up to 500 characters. The app is owned by Meta, which also owns Facebook and Instagram. In just one day, Threads had over 30 million downloads, following its launch on Thursday. It is the fastest downloaded app ever, according to The New York Times. As of Friday, the app had more than 70 million downloads, according to Time. Comedian and screenwriter Espen Lervaag believes that Threads can succeed in Norway in the long term. Photo: news – They dig their own grave Meta launched the app as a competitor to Twitter. This is happening in parallel with Twitter having new rules. – I think that the way Twitter is going, that they are digging their own grave, says Lervaag. The comedian says that Twitter has remained small in Norway, but the few who have used it have loved it, he says. Therefore, he believes that there are some specific requirements that must be met for Threads to become big in Norway. – It is the news information on Twitter that I have always appreciated. Thus, it depends on whether people flock to the app, or leave it alone, he emphasizes. This is “Threads” “Threads” is an app from Instagram and is owned by Meta, which is also behind Facebook. Users can share short text posts of up to 500 characters, and images and videos of up to five minutes. The app is closely integrated with Instagram, and you can follow those you follow on Instagram automatically. Users can have open or closed profiles, and read threads from others you follow or who have an open profile. The design is reminiscent of Twitter. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority: – Hardly good news Threads was launched worldwide, but not in the EU and EEA, and is therefore not yet available in Norway. Privacy is the reason for this, according to The Guardian. Meta has not yet answered news’s inquiry about privacy in the app and questions about the data collection. Tobias Judin in the Norwegian Data Protection Authority believes that the app gives Meta the opportunity to monitor users even more. – It is hardly good news for privacy, says the section manager. The Norwegian Data Protection Authority is well aware of the owner company Meta and privacy in the apps. – Meta’s business model is to get as much data about you as possible. Meta itself says that they will collect everything you do on Threads and that this can be used to profile you and adapt ads to you, says Judin. Tobias Judin is section manager for the international section at the Norwegian Data Protection Authority. He is concerned but not surprised by the data collection in Threads. Photo: Ilja C. Hendel / © Ilja C. Hendel He thinks the app will be launched in Norway soon. – Meta makes so much money from people in Europe that they will probably launch the app here in the long term as long as the prospect of profit is greater than the risk of fines, says Judin. Extensive access He believes it is possible to run social media without collecting so much data from its users, and that it is the sum of all the data that is worrying. – Meta knows everything about us, our privacy and our personality. When they now launch Threads, there is an opportunity to collect all this information about even more people and to an even greater extent, says Judin. Threads is Twitter’s new, big competitor. Photo: DADO RUVIC / Reuters When you download the app, it asks for a number of accesses to information about you. According to the App Store, it asks to know where you are, payment information, health information, contacts, photos and video, among other things. Twitter threatens legal action The new app has provoked Twitter’s owner, Elon Musk. This week he threatened to sue Meta over Threads. Twitter owner Elon Musk believes Threads is a copy of Twitter. This is rejected by Meta owner Mark Zuckerberg. Photo: JUSTIN SULLIVAN][ALAIN JOCARD / AFP Musk believes Threads is a copy, and has stated that Twitter will defend its copyrights. They accuse Meta of hiring former Twitter developers to create the app. Meta rejects that. – No one in the development team of Threads is a former Twitter employee, says communications director Andy Stone at Meta to Semafor.
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