Elon Musk's Twitter account issues a threat to initiate legal action against Meta regarding their co
Elon Musk's ownership of Twitter has resulted in a legal threat against Meta due to their newly launched competing app, Threads. Mark Zuckerberg introduced the app, but Twitter claims that Meta has violated their "intellectual property rights."
In a letter addressed to Meta's owner, Zuckerberg, Twitter's lawyer, Alex Spiro, expresses the company's significant concerns about Meta Platforms' alleged deliberate and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property.
"Twitter is committed to rigorously protecting its intellectual property rights and insists that Meta promptly cease the use of any Twitter trade secrets or other extremely confidential information," stated Spiro.
"Twitter is committed to rigorously protecting its intellectual property rights and insists that Meta promptly cease the use of any Twitter trade secrets or other extremely confidential information," stated Spiro.
Meta introduced Threads, a text-based conversation app designed to compete with Twitter, to a largely positive reception on Wednesday. The company revealed that Threads garnered an impressive 30 million sign-ups within the first 24 hours of its launch.
This number apparently positions Threads as the fastest-downloaded app to date. The app's integration with Instagram profiles enables a seamless sign-up process between the two platforms, providing the Twitter rival with an existing user base.
Zuckerberg commented that Threads represents Meta's endeavor to create a "public conversations app with 1bn+ people," highlighting an opportunity that Twitter has yet to fully grasp. He expressed satisfaction with the app's initial performance, stating, "This is as good of a start as we could have hoped for!" in a thread on Thursday.
According to a cease-and-desist letter, Twitter alleges that Meta has recruited numerous former employees over the past year, some of whom had access to Twitter's trade secrets and highly confidential information. The letter states that "many" of these employees have improperly retained Twitter documents or electronic devices.
The letter further claims that Meta deliberately assigned these employees to expedite the development of their competing app, Threads, within a short timeframe. It alleges that Meta intended for these individuals to use Twitter's trade secrets and intellectual property in violation of state and federal laws, as well as their ongoing obligations to Twitter.
In response to these allegations, Elon Musk tweeted on Thursday, "Competition is fine, cheating is not."
In reaction to the letter, Andy Stone, Meta's communications director, addressed the issue on Threads, stating that there are no engineers currently on their team who previously worked at Twitter.
The evidence that Twitter possesses regarding former employees at Meta retaining access to their intellectual property or trade secrets remains unclear. When asked for a comment, Twitter responded with an automated email featuring a poop emoji.
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