The Verge's David Pierce, Alex Cranz, and Alex Heath discuss Meta's launch of Threads, a new competitor to Twitter. Later, Nilay Patel calls in to give his take. Further reading: Instagram Threads: why Meta is competing with Twitter: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/5/23784870/instagram-threads-adam-mosseri-interview-twitter-competitor Meta unspools Threads: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/5/23785194/meta-threads-twitter-social-media-moderation-adam-mosseri Instagram’s Threads: everything you need to know about the new Twitter competitor: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/5/23784480/threads-instagram-meta-news-twitter-competitor Instagram’s Twitter competitor, Threads, briefly went live on the web: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/5/23784160/instagram-threads-twitter-competitor-web Instagram Threads won’t be available in the EU at launch: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/4/23783985/instagram-threads-wont-be-available-in-the-eu-at-launch People are posting a lot on Threads: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23786011/people-are-posting-a-lot-on-threads Here’s how Twitter’s leadership is responding to Instagram Threads: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23785811/heres-how-twitters-leadership-is-responding-to-instagram-threads Mastodon CEO Eugen Rochko on what Threads means for the fediverse: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23785391/mastodon-ceo-eugen-rochko-on-what-threads-means-for-the-fediverse Instagram flooded Threads with celebrities and brands at launch: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23785588/meta-instagram-threads-celebrities-brands So what’s next for Threads? DMs “maybe...”: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23785769/so-whats-next-for-threads-dms-maybe Mark Zuckerberg on when Instagram Threads will get ads: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/6/23785724/mark-zuckerberg-on-when-instagram-threads-will-get-ads Spielberg, Scorsese, and Anderson have swooped in to save Turner Classic Movies: https://www.theverge.com/2023/6/30/23779843/spielberg-scorsese-pta-turner-classic-movies-tcm Google confirms it’s training AI using scraped web data: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/5/23784257/google-ai-bard-privacy-policy-train-web-scraping The TSA will use facial recognition in over 400 airports: https://www.theverge.com/2023/7/1/23781040/the-tsa-will-use-facial-recognition-in-over-400-airports 0:00 - Intro 0:00:40 - Threads by Instagram launches 0:44:55 - Question from Threads about Threads 1:12:23 - Lightning Round! Read More: http://www.theverge.com