Mark Zuckerberg-led social media giant – Meta – is developing a decentralized text-based app called Codenamed P92.
According to a report, users can log in to the new app through their Instagram credentials. The latter’s head, Adam Mosseri, has been roped in to lead the project. With the new app using existing Instagram data, including names, profile photos, and followers, among other things, this may not sit well with many since Meta has faced criticism in the past for its handling of user data and privacy issues.
Keeping this in mind, the company has also onboarded the legal department to work out privacy concerns before rolling out the app in public.
Decentralized Social Network
P92 will be based on a decentralized framework similar to that of Mastodon, which has microblogging features analogous to Twitter. At launch, the feature set is expected to be akin to that of Twitter. However, options for commenting on posts and messages will be added later.
A Meta spokesperson told TechCrunch,
