Meta to close Threads in Turkey to comply with injunction prohibiting data-sharing with Instagram

Meta has said that it plans to “temporarily” shutter Threads in Turkey from April 29, in response to an interim injunction imposed by the Turkish competition authority last month over the way Meta shares data between Threads and Instagram.The Turkish Competition Authority (TCA), known as Rekabet Kurumu, issued findings on March 18, noting that its investigations found that Meta was abusing its market dominant position by combining the data of users who create Threads profile with that of their Instagram acc ...