Meta wins Turkish approval to relaunch Threads there
( June 23, 2026, 09:14 GMT | Official Statement) -- MLex Summary: Meta Platforms’ plan to relaunch its Threads micro-blogging service in Turkey is compliant with antitrust commitments it made in 2024, the Turkish competition authority said on Tuesday. The social network platform will provide options for using Threads with an Instagram account, or for creating an account with a phone number independently from an Instagram account. Also, personal data obtained from the Instagram account of a user who prefers to use Threads independently from Instagram won't be combined with Threads, the watchdog said.Statement follows. ...
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