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Meta will "temporarily" shutter Threads in Turkey on April 29, in response to an injunction imposed by the country's competition authority.

Meta said on Monday that it plans to “temporarily” shutter Threads in Turkey from April 29, in response to an interim injunction imposed by the Turkish competition authority last month over the way Meta shares data between Threads and Instagram.

The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA), known as Rekabet Kurumu, noted on March 18 that its investigations found that Meta was abusing its dominant market position by combining the data of users who create Threads profiles with that of their Instagram account — without giving users the choice to opt-in.

    • ericjmoreyEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      From a government and societal perspective, there’s value in limiting anti-competative activities.

      • GlitterInfection@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        9 months ago

        I am using their competitor’s products without issue, so I’m not seeing how this is anticompetitive.

        But I do hate Meta.