Is social media destroying civilisation? Today Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta launches Threads, its rival to Elon Musk’s Twitter. The winner will be able to influence billions of people.
Tech billionaires launch ‘ultimate battle’
Billionaire pair: Musk (left) is the world's richest person; Zuckerberg is its ninth. Glossary
Oprah Winfrey - An American talk show host and media personality.
Meta - The new name of the company which owns Facebook and Instagram.
Elon Musk - A South African-born entrepreneur whose companies have included the online payment service PayPal. He now controls Twitter, renamed 'X'.
TweetDeck - A tool that allows you to post from multiple Twitter accounts.
Authoritarian - Enforcing strict obedience to authority.
Incivility - Rude behaviour.