[agd]

Not correct, it's live in many countries (including the UK). The main area it hasn't launched is the EU due to legal concerns.

[huhtenberg]

Legal concerns = It can't work without violating rudimentary privacy and tracking restrictions mandated by the EU.

[true_religion]

It doesn’t work in China for the same reason.

[thih9]

Note that while it's officially banned, there are ways to access it and people are doing that.

> Threads, launched on Wednesday evening US time, already ranked fourth among free social media apps in Apple’s iOS store in China

> The app has gained traction even though users based in China must use virtual private networks to access the platform.

Source: https://www.scmp.com/tech/big-tech/article/3226962/metas-twi...

[ElectronBadger]

I *highly* doubt that the reasons are the same for EU and China.

[withinboredom]

I suspect the reasons are the same (privacy), but the motivation behind them to be quite different…