*[Enwl-eng] Threads, Twitter and Meta domination
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Global Edition - Today's top story: Why Meta's Threads app is the
biggest threat to Twitter yet View in browser
Global Edition | 10 July 2023
A while back I deleted the Twitter app from my phone,
worried about the addictive nature of it and the number of times I’d “just
check what was happening” under the guise of keeping an eye on the news. It
may have been something of a retrograde step then when last week I hit
download on the Threads app, having been informed by the first two posts of
the day on Facebook I saw that there was a new social media platform to play
with.
I soon discovered that the app had been produced by Meta,
which also owns Facebook, and that it is operationally tied to Instagram
(also Meta). But I’m in now, flicking update and watching the little Threads
logo wriggle around as it shows me new posts pretty much every time I pick
up my phone. So, what does all this mean, particularly for the power of Meta
and its rival Twitter, now owned by Elon Musk, which has threatened legal
action? Read our analysis here.
Meanwhile, Meta and Google have announced they will no
longer share Canadian news links on their platforms in response to new
legislation in the country. The move echoes a similar dispute in Australia
and reflects the changing nature of contemporary journalism internationally.
Here, Alfred Hermida and Mary Lynn Young, professors of journalism at the
University of British Colombia and co-founders of The Conversation Canada,
assess the situation. Now I think of it, it was Alfred who posted the
Facebook update that first informed me of the arrival of Threads last week.
It's all rather meta.
Stephen Khan
Global Executive Editor
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Why Meta’s Threads app is the biggest threat to Twitter
yet
Lisa M. Given, RMIT University
In the battle for Twitter’s followers, this may be the end
game.
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for Canadian journalism
Alfred Hermida, University of British Columbia;
Mary Lynn Young, University of British Columbia
A series of crises in the Canadian media sector
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