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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by jimmySixDOF on Thursday July 06, 2023 @08:04PM (#36625113)
It's outrageous they refuse to allow user defined and owned identities. This is where government oversight is needed to give sovereign identity to the account owner not Meta or any other databroker dressed up as a platform provider.
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Re:Threads profiles can't be deleted without removing your e... by malermeister on Saturday July 08, 2023 @05:49AM (#36642900)
That's part of what the EU is trying to do with the Digital Markets act, and also the reason Threads isn't available there yet.
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