«Conservatives need a unified response to ‘Threads’ and the well-funded effort to extinguish free speech in America,» tweeted ex-Trump adviser Stephen Miller.
The successful launch of Meta’s «Twitter killer» app Threads is not sitting well with some conservative Twitter users who have pledged their allegiance to self-proclaimed «free speech absolutist» Elon Musk.
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said on Thursday morning that a staggering 30 million users had already signed up for Threads, less than 24 hours after it was launched. While it was not clear how many users intended to stop using Twitter in favor of Threads, some vowed to never return to the platform that Musk bought last year.
Twitter has recently been on the defensive after experiencing an avalanche of criticism since Musk’s takeover. The chaos increased last week, when the platform announced that users would be limited in the number of tweets viewed, particularly for accounts that are not paying for Musk’s paid blue check «verification» subscription service.
Almost immediately after Threads started, conservatives loyal to Musk began to complain that they were being «censored» on the rival app, which is linked to Meta’s Instagram and adheres to the same moderation policies. Zuckerberg has dubbed it a «friendly public space for conversation.»
«Just downloaded and signed up for the new Meta app ‘Threads’ meant to imitate Twitter,» user @DC_Draino, a self-described «anti-woke» lawyer, tweeted just after the Threads app was released. «I posted once about wanting to expose Biden’s corrupt government and they’ve already flagged me for censorship Great platform Zuck»
Multiple posts denouncing President Joe Biden and his son Hunter Biden remained online on @DC_Draino’s Threads page at the time of publication, alongside other posts complaining of censorship.
