{"id":82320,"date":"2025-10-15T14:30:12","date_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:30:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/82320\/"},"modified":"2025-10-15T14:30:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-15T14:30:12","slug":"threads-messaging-to-be-rolled-out-in-ireland-over-next-few-days-says-meta-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/82320\/","title":{"rendered":"Threads messaging to be rolled out in Ireland over \u2018next few days\u2019, says Meta \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/threads\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/threads\/\">Threads<\/a>, the social media platform launched by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meta\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/meta\/\">Meta <\/a>to rival <a href=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/x\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.irishtimes.com\/tags\/x\/\">Elon Musk\u2019s X<\/a>, will begin to roll out a direct messaging function to Irish and European users over the coming days, some three months behind the US launch. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The Facebook and Instagram owner said on Wednesday that messaging will allow users to set up group chats and send invite links to contacts. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The service will be rolled out across the European Union (EU) \u201cover the next few days\u201d, Meta said in a statement. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Launched more than two years ago as an offshoot of Instagram, Meta has continued to distinguish Threads from its sister platform, as it looks to take on X, formerly known as Twitter. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The tech giant said on Wednesday that direct messaging was the most requested feature on Threads and it has been \u201csteadily improving the experience since July\u201d. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall b-it-article-body__text--left\">Threads messaging now supports the sending of photos, videos, GIFs, and stickers between users, it said. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"c-image audio_image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/1754647931518-c07d65db-55b5-463e-ae51-976300c5837e.jpeg\"\/>Budget 2026: What it means for Irish households and businesses<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cAs more people join communities, they only follow on Threads, messaging makes it easier to build and strengthen connections without the need to switch apps.,\u201d Meta said. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">\u201cWe\u2019ll continue refining the experience based on community feedback, with more updates \u2013 including improved inbox management tools \u2013 on the way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Threads was launched in more than 100 countries in July 2023, including the US and the UK. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">However, the EU launch of the platform was delayed as Meta engaged with European regulators to ensure the service complied with local laws. The company said it believed the service complied with regulations here and would continue to engage with data protection authorities. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Separately, Instagram on Tuesday unveiled new protections for young users that mean teenagers will only see content on the platform that is the equivalent of what they would see in a PG-13 film.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">The update, which will be available in Ireland from early 2026, will see the setting automatically applied to teen users under the age of 18. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Threads, the social media platform launched by Meta to rival Elon Musk\u2019s X, will begin to roll out&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":82321,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[605,61,542,60,1226,43,53454,606],"class_list":["post-82320","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-elon-musk","tag-ie","tag-instagram","tag-ireland","tag-meta","tag-news","tag-threads","tag-x"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82320","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82320"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82320\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82320"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82320"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82320"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}