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<p>The Threads app (Yui Mok/PA)</p>

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Meta boss Mark Zuckerberg confirmed the user numbers in a post to the platform, adding “what a year”
After launching in the US and UK to incredible success, Meta’s Threads app has been made available to EU countries (Yui Mok/PA)

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Meta’s Threads app expands into Ireland
<p>The numbers signing up to Threads sound impressive until you understand what Threads actually is: a sterile knockoff of Twitter, designed to make Meta’s commercially dominant brand of social media even more so. Picture: AP Photo/Richard Drew</p>

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Meta launches Twitter rival Threads, but not in Ireland or Europe
Meta launches Twitter rival Threads, but not in Ireland or Europe
Threads will not be available in Ireland or the EU over regulatory concerns

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Meta’s Threads app will not launch in EU on regulatory concerns
App stores in European Union countries, including Ireland, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, and Belgium, were not listing Threads as of Wednesday morning

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