Social media firms are bringing in more features to shore up engagement across apps in a highly competitive online environment
It follows Meta's talks to launch a similar plan in the European Union (EU) to conform with its privacy concerns
Meta's tools use artificial intelligence to generate background images for products, come up with different variations of advertising copy or automatically resize ads to fit on Instagram or Facebook
Meta will charge the users $17 for the desktop versions of Facebook and Instagram together in the coming weeks
Meta plans to give Facebook and Instagram users in Europe the option of paying for ad-free versions of the social media platforms as a way to comply with the continent's strict data privacy rules, the Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday. The company wants to charge users about 10 euros (USD 10.50) a month to use Instagram or Facebook without ads on desktop browsers, the newspaper reported, citing unnamed people familiar with the proposal. Adding more accounts would cost 6 euros each. Prices for mobile would be higher, at roughly 13 euros a month, because Meta needs to account for commissions charged by the Apple and Google app stores on in-app payments, the newspaper said. Meta reportedly is hoping to roll out paid subscriptions in the coming months as a way to comply with European Union data privacy rules that threaten its lucrative business model of showing personalised ads to users. Meta would give users the choice between continuing to use the platforms with ads or paying for
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The lack of an account delete option on Threads without having to delete the Instagram account has drawn criticism from users since the launch of the social media platform
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Unlike X, which offers this feature only to premium subscribers, the edit feature will be open to everybody on Instagram's Threads
Users can now quote a post on Threads similar to the X (formerly Twitter) on its web client. It is yet another feature that brings Threads closer to X in terms of user experience
ChatGPT Plus subscription allows users to employ the updated GPT-4 large language model to generate long-form content
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It would be applied at 3% on gross taxable New Zealand digital services revenue, similar to the taxes adopted by other jurisdictions such as France and the UK
It's unclear what other functionality the Threads product update will include. The company declined to comment
Earlier this month, Mark Zuckerberg had posted on Threads that users can expect a web version in the 'next few weeks'
When contacted for comment, X confirmed the delay was removed but did not elaborate
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Alongside, Meta has rolled out Threads support for rel=me links to help verify users' identity on platforms like Mastodon