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by true_religion 1076 days ago
It doesn’t work in China for the same reason.
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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...

I *highly* doubt that the reasons are the same for EU and China.
I suspect the reasons are the same (privacy), but the motivation behind them to be quite different…