From Meta’s engineering blog. At least they continue to talk explicitly about ActivityPub and the Fediverse. However, no mention of the EU launch.
Our goal with Threads is to make social content as interoperable as email. We are working on the ability for Threads to integrate with ActivityPub, the open, decentralized social networking protocol.
My ultimate hope for Threads is that it becomes the zeitgeist of the internet.
(via Matt)
@eay they doing a lot of EU groundwork. Unlink account deletion from Instagram, disabling cross-posting. Also there’s been a leak so I’d guess it’s coming soon.