Image: The Verge Meta�s Twitter competitor, Threads, is now available in the European Union, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. �Today we�re opening Threads to more countries in Europe,� Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Threads. The launch follows the...

Meta�s Twitter competitor, Threads, is now available in the European Union, CEO Mark Zuckerberg has announced. �Today we�re opening Threads to more countries in Europe,� Zuckerberg wrote in a post on Threads. The launch follows the service�s debut in the US and over 100 other countries across the world, including the UK, in July 2023. But until now, Threads hasn�t been available to the 448 million people living in the EU, and the company has even blocked EU-based users from accessing the service via VPN.
To coincide with today�s launch, Meta is giving users in the region the ability to browse Threads without needing a profile. Actually posting or interacting with content will still require an Instagram account, however. The move was...