Meta's social network Threads is now finally available to people living in the EU, five months after launching in July this year. Mark Zuckerberg published an article on Threads, announcing that Meta will open Threads to more countries in Europe. "Today we are opening Threads to more countries in Europe. Everyone is welcome," he wrote.
The Threads.net website has a "no profile use" mode that does not require users to log in through Instagram. While users can view posts through this mode, they cannot reply, like, or repost.
If you're using Threads in the EU without any profile, you'll see a single feed populated by an algorithm and can search accounts, but not the posts themselves, it seems.
When Threads launched in the EU in July, the company restricted user access to the new social network to comply with various EU regulations. Users cannot download apps to access the social network. At the time, Threads didn't even have a web version, and posts couldn't be accessed via URL.
In July, just days after Threads launched, Meta had to take "additional" measures to prevent EU users from using VPNs to access the social network.
Ahead of the official launch, The Wall Street Journal reported last month that Meta plans to release Threads in the EU in December. Last week, Threads set up a countdown timer on its homepage pointing to a December 14 launch in the region.
Zuckerberg said on Meta's third-quarter earnings call that Threads has fewer than 100 million monthly active users. The social network's launch in the EU will help the company cross that threshold.
On Wednesday, Zuckerberg announced that Threads has begun trying to integrate with ActivityPub. This way, posts originally published on Meta-owned social networks can appear on compatible decentralized networks such as Mastodon.