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How to use Instagram Threads: Getting started on Meta’s Twitter rival

Threads launched in the UK this morning. Here’s how to get started with the new app

Evening Standard

Hands-on with Threads - Instagram's promising Twitter rival misses key features

Meta's Twitter rival launched earlier than promised today (July 6), and it could be the one to beat.

iMore

All the celebrities already using Meta’s Twitter rival Threads, from Oprah to Kim K

Threads has logged ten million sign-ups in its first seven hours of operation, including a host of famous faces. From Oprah, Kim K and Will Smith to Gordon Ramsay and the Dalai Lama, Emma Loffhagen takes a look at who is already Threading

Evening Standard

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Instagram's Twitter rival is the latest in Meta's parade of copycat apps

It's the latest example of the social giant's "clone and conquer" strategy.

Axios

How to sign up for Threads - the new social media app on the block

How to sign up for Threads, Instagram's new social media app that hopes to replace Twitter.

iMore

What is Threads and how to sign up

Meta's Twitter killer is now live and gaining users quickly, here's how to get in on the action

Meta claims 10 million sign-ups in seven hours for Twitter rival Threads

Seven hours after its launch, some 10 million people had signed up to the new "text-based social media platform" Threads, according to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. The app aims to attract Twitter users who are unhappy with some of the changes on that platform under Elon Musk's ownership. Also in…

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Is Threads any good, should you sign up and what is the risk to your Instagram?

There are some dangers to the new platform, which is not yet approved in the EU, with risks to your Instagram account

Wales Online

Instagram's Twitter killer Threads smashes 30 million user milestone hours after launch

Threads has already reached the 30 million user milestone within hours of launch as Instagram hopes to kill Twitter.

iMore

Threads - how to sign up as it reaches over 10 million users

Threads is the latest app threatening to take over Twitter's long-standing reign on social media

Manchester Evening News

Ten million rush to join Meta’s new 'Twitter-killer' app Threads

A new app billed as a rival to Twitter has seen more than 10 million people sign up in its first few hours, according to Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg.

The National (Scotland)

Clash of tech titans: Will Meta's answer to Twitter dethrone Elon Musk's venture?

It's an easy way to get clicks when the world's richest man challenges the ninth richest to a cage fight. But it's actually win-win for them if the owner of Twitter and the founder of Facebook have us debating whether we are Team Musk or Team Zuckerberg, instead of the…

France 24

Jim Cramer Backs Meta’s Threads, Which Will Compete With Musk’s Twitter

"I say game, set, match, Zuckerberg," the TV personality said Wednesday on CNBC's 'Squawk On The Street.'

Zenger

Afternoon Update: no campaign ad condemned as ‘racist trope’; minister calls Donald Trump Jr ‘a big baby’; and Meta launches Threads

NSW Liberal Matt Kean and federal independents Monique Ryan and Zali Steggall among those who have criticised the newspaper ad

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Millions rush to download Threads app but Twitter rival comes with a warning

Threads has launched in the UK today and offers an alternative to Twitter but some are concerned by the level of data users could be handing over to the apps Meta owners.

Evening Standard

Meta’s new app Threads passes 100 million users

Threads, created by Facebook and Instagram owners Meta, has hit another milestone just days after its launch

Manchester Evening News

Meta’s new app Threads that is direct Twitter rival sees more than five MILLION join in first few hours

Threads is seen as a direct rival to Twitter

Wales Online

Facebook and Instagram launch new Twitter rival called Threads

The app has been described as 'the first credible threat' to Twitter

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The Guardian - AU

Threads: how do I sign up and is it any different to Twitter?

Meta’s newest app can be accessed with an Instagram account and looks a lot like its rival

WEKU

10 million sign up for Meta's Twitter rival app, Threads

Threads is billed as a text-based version of Meta's photo-sharing app Instagram that the company says provides "a new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations."

The Guardian - US

We tried Threads, Meta’s new Twitter rival. Here’s what happened

Kari Paul tested the social network minutes after its launch – did it fail to impress, or should Elon Musk be shuddering?

The Independent UK

Canada's government to stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram after Meta says it will block news

Canada's government says it will stop advertising on Facebook and Instagram in response to Meta’s decision to block access to news content on their social platforms as part of a temporary test

Al Jazeera

Facebook’s Meta launches ‘Twitter killer’ social network Threads

Mark Zuckerberg launches Twitter rival in bid to capitalise on turmoil at Twitter under Elon Musk.

USA Today Sports Media Group

The internet flocked to Threads, Meta’s Twitter competitor, and it was complete chaos

Threads is already flooded with memes thanks to overzealous internet users.

Tribune News Service

Instagram unveils Threads app, a targeted threat to Musk’s Twitter

Meta Platforms Inc.’s Instagram officially unveiled Threads, an app designed as a direct rival to Twitter, launching the most serious threat yet to Elon Musk’s struggling social-media site.

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