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Meta is temporarily shutting Threads down in Turkey on April 29th.

Because of a temporary injunction (PDF) from the Turkish Competition Authority (TCA), which ruled that linking Threads and Instagram data without user opt-in abuses Meta’s social media dominance. Turkish Threads users can either delete their profiles or deactivate them until / if the service gets turned back on.

TechCrunch notes the country had previously fined Meta $18.6 million in 2022 for data-sharing across its apps.

Following a decision by the Turkish Competition Authority, Threads will no longer be available in Türkiye starting from 29 April 2024. Your profile will be deactivated, but you’ll be able to download your information and delete your profile at any time. We value the Threads community in Türkiye and hope to be back soon.
The notification received by users based in Turkey or who have recently spent time there.
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