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

Instagram unveils Threads app, a threat to Musk’s Twitter
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By Sarah Frier(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms' 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.On Threads, people can post text and links and reply to or repost messages from others. The app will let users port over their existing follower lists and account names from Instagram, Meta’s photo and video-sharing app that counts major brands, celebrities and creators among its more than two billion users.Text-bas...

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