Intro

The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Meta's launch of Threads, a new competitor to Twitter. Later, Nilay Patel calls in to give his take.

Further reading:

• Instagram Threads: why Meta is competing with Twitter
• Meta unspools Threads
• Instagram’s Threads: everything you need to know about the new Twitter competitor
• Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly went live on the web
• Instagram Threads won’t be available in the EU at launch. 
• People are posting a lot on Threads.
• Here’s how Twitter’s leadership is responding to Instagram Threads.
• Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on what Threads means for the fediverse.
• Instagram flooded Threads with celebrities and brands at launch
• So what’s next for Threads? DMs “maybe...”
• Mark Zuckerberg on when Instagram Threads will get ads
• Spielberg, Scorsese, and Anderson have swooped in to save Turner Classic Movies 
• Google confirms it’s training AI using scraped web data
• The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports

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