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META LAUNCHES TWITTER RIVAL THREADS

Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has launched a rival to Twitter called Threads. It lets you post messages up to 500 characters long, and include links, photos and videos up to five minutes. You can create an account at www.threads.net. Read about it on Meta’s site: www.snipca.com/46757.

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