Threads, which Instagram under the umbrella of Meta launched last week as a rival to Twitter, broke a record by exceeding 100 million users in a week. However, despite the millions of users, Threads is still not available in European countries.
Unavailable to many EU citizens due to privacy issues threadsUntil now, users were able to connect via VPN. However, in recent days, users have started to express that they have problems entering the application with VPN.
In the statement from Meta, it was stated that access to the application with VPN in European countries is blocked by Meta itself.
Meta bans logins with VPN
Threads, which became popular at once and reached millions of users in a short time, Digital Markets Act (DMA) Due to the new period in the scope of the project, it has not been opened to access in many European countries.
Until now, users were able to access Threads via VPN. While users who show themselves in another country over VPN can use the application without any problems, complaints about problems in login have started to increase recently.
Upon the complaints, Meta released a statement saying that they purposely blocked logins with VPN and that they hope to serve in more countries in the future.
Meta said in a statement. “Threads are currently unavailable in most European countries and this is today we have taken further measures to prevent people in these countries from accessing Threads. Europe remains a very important market for Meta and we hope to be able to bring Threads to more countries in the future.” said.
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Source :
https://techcrunch.com/2023/07/14/meta-is-blocking-eu-based-users-from-accessing-threads-via-vpn/