Meta’s Instagram launched a new app called Threads on Wednesday, which is similar to Twitter and has attracted over 30 million users in one day. However, Twitter, which is owned by Elon Musk, claims that Meta stole its trade secrets and intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees and making them work on Threads. Twitter sent a letter to Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding him to stop using Twitter’s confidential information and threatening legal action. Meta denies the allegations and says that none of the Threads engineers came from Twitter. Musk tweeted that he is not against competition, but he is against cheating.
Twitter bought by Musk for $44 billion in 2022, has a new CEO Linda Yaccarino, who joined the company last month after leaving NBCUniversal. She tweeted that Twitter is often copied, but its community is unique.
Twitter’s lawyer did not respond to requests for comment. Twitter’s PR account sent a poop emoji as an automatic reply. The letter from Twitter to Meta was first reported by Semafor.
Received message. Here is a possible paraphrase: Meta’s Instagram launched a new app called Threads on Wednesday, which is similar to Twitter and has attracted over 30 million users in one day. However, Twitter, which is owned by Elon Musk, claims that Meta stole its trade secrets and intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees and making them work on Threads. Twitter sent a letter to Meta’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, demanding him to stop using Twitter’s confidential information and threatening legal action. Meta denies the allegations and says that none of the Threads engineers came from Twitter. Musk tweeted that he is not against competition, but he is against cheating. Twitter bought by Musk for $44 billion in 2022, has a new CEO Linda Yaccarino, who joined the company last month after leaving NBCUniversal. She tweeted that Twitter is often copied, but its community is unique. Twitter’s lawyer did not respond to requests for comment. Twitter’s PR account sent a poop emoji as an automatic reply. The letter from Twitter to Meta was first reported by Semafor.
