Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app
Twitter threatens legal action over Threads app:More than 30 million people have signed up for the new app, according to Meta
Twitter VS #Threads feature comparison pic.twitter.com/SGo2MxPjjP
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Threads, which was launched to millions on Wednesday, is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by Meta bosses as a “friendly” alternative.
Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads.
Threads, which was launched to millions on Wednesday, is similar to Twitter and has been pitched by Meta bosses as a “friendly” alternative.
NEWS: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over "systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation" of Twitter's trade secrets and IP, as well as scraping of Twitter's data, in a cease-and-desist letter sent yesterday to Zuckerberg by Elon's lawyer Alex Spiro. pic.twitter.com/enWhnlYcAt
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Twitter’s Elon Musk said “competition is fine, cheating is not” – but Meta denied claims in a legal letter that ex-Twitter staff helped create Threads.
Meta spokesperson, Andy Stone posted that “no one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee – that’s just not a thing”.
More than 30 million people have signed up for the new app, according to Meta.
