Twitter is accusing Facebook and Instagram owner Meta of poaching employees and pilfering trade secrets to launch its Twitter clone Threads.
Twitter is threatening to sue Meta, accusing the Facebook and Instagram parent company of poaching Twitter employees and pilfering trade secrets to build itsOn Wednesday Meta debuted Threads, a text-based social media app that mimics Twitter in look and feel.
In the letter to Meta CEO Zuckerberg obtained by news outlet Semafor, Spiro alleged Meta hired dozens of former Twitter employees with access to Twitter replied to a request for comment from USA TODAY with an automated poop emoji. Musk, the company's executive chairman, tweeted:"University of Richmond law professor Carl Tobias says Meta will have to take seriously Musk’s threat to sue. The company's tendency to copy popular features from competitors could be subject to legal challenge, he said. And litigation could be costly and a distraction as Meta tries to take market share from Twitter with Threads..
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