After rolling out the trending subjects function in the U.S. earlier this yr, Threads is now testing out the function in Japan.
“Lots of folks outside the US have been asking for the “Trending Now” function, and we’re engaged on bringing it to extra international locations. This week, we’ll start testing the function in Japan with a small variety of folks to begin,” stated Adam Mosseri, the Meta government who heads Instagram and Threads.
Meta says the Trending Now function highlights conversations occurring in real-time, however hasn’t specified if it filters out political subjects on this part.
Whereas the social community says it doesn’t actively suggest political content material, the function usually surfaces political subjects because of the nature of conversations on the platform.