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All you need to know about Threads, Meta's app that has taken social media by storm

Standard Digital's Threads official page as seen in this photo captured on July 6, 2023. [Roy Kanyi, Standard]

Barely seven hours into its official launch, Threads, a social media application owned by Meta (formerly Facebook, Inc.) had gained at least 10 million users globally.

Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta Platforms, announced the launch of the new text-based application, Threads, that seems to rival Twitter.

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