Threads users who don't want their posts cross-promoted on Meta's other platforms soon will have more privacy options.
Meta’s new app Threads is displayed on a smartphone in New York, Thursday, July 6, 2023. Threads users who don’t want their posts cross-promoted on Meta’s other platforms soon will have more privacy options.
The upcoming settings, posted on X by user Alessandro Paluzzi, will let users choose if they want their posts on Instagram or Facebook or neither. Users reacted negatively to the news that their posts were appearing on other platforms without their expressed consent. Many users said they wanted to keep a separate following on Threads and didn’t want all their phone contacts to have access to their Threads accounts.
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