What impact will Threads have on Twitter and social media? | Inside Story

An alternative to Twitter is launched by Meta.
It hopes Threads will profit from unpopular changes made to the platform under Elon Musk's ownership.
So is it just a clone - or a revolution in social media?
And what does it mean for users around the world?

Presenter: Adrian Finighan

Guests: Elaine Burke, Science and Technology journalist, host of For Tech's Sake podcast.

Sherilyn Naidoo, Lawyer and Policy Adviser to Big Tech Accountability Team, Amnesty International.

Sarah Kreps, Founder and Director of the Technology Policy Institute at Cornell University, and Author of 'Social Media's International Relations'


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[ronturner]

Twitter use might be up, but the ad dollars are way down and plummeting further.

[eliasazar]

Competition is good, finally it made it to the social media world, almost every other platform has been a monopoly so far.

[SebastienAuger]

No Sarah, Elon is not imbuing his ideologies into the platform, he is getting rid of ideologies that have been plaguing Twitter.

[derekasato]

Amnesty International, you need a spokesperson who can actually articulate your message. This person was vague and didn't communicate specific policies that need to change. I know Amnesty wants Twitter and Meta to provide transparent information about their internal review processes, how complaints are addressed and what human rights training the staff receive. You have also made demands on specific changes to how harassment against women is handled on Twitter. Those are concrete demands that can be debated. Stop with these super general statements.

[kennedybunga]

It appears that Threads is meant for people who have Instagram already. The app refused to sign me up using my email.

[maannnoooo]

The lady from London don’t know what she is talking about to..
she keeps saying human rights & human rights .. Lol 🤣🤣

[prakritighodki]

Thanks Al Jazeera news team for valuable update as always. 🙏

[twlufc]

Threads for the left.
Twitter for the right.

[Shariah--UK]

An important news and update.
Thanks for sharing ❤❤❤❤

[thebangkokconnection]

Not much difference, both are gathering data on you which should be illegal world wide not just in the EU.

[ronturner]

Laughable to compare it to Mastodon.. Threads doesn't need to make a profit if the motive is to lay low the Musky Borrower of Money.

[NelsonLikestoTalk]

I thought Elon believed in the free market....of course I didnt.

[psuedoirv]

sounds like it is hanging on by a thread 🤣

[dxd]

People are feed-up with Elon Musk's disastrous management of Twitter.

[TheBarlby]

Twitter for news and Threads for recipes and knitting

[mariarahelvarnhagen]

Which Iranian Television Network Is Operated From Endemol USA ?

[stoniegadgt]

Threads App… String Theory .. investigation 🫠