On July 6, 2023, Twitter X CEO Elon Musk threatened to sue Meta over its new text-based app Threads, launched just a couple of days earlier. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro accused Meta of hiring dozens of former Twitter employees who had access to the company’s trade secrets and other confidential information. Spiro also alleged that Meta had used this information to develop Threads, which he described as a “copycat” app.
Musk’s lawyer, Spiro, demanded that Meta immediately stop using Twitter trade secrets or confidential information. He also said that Twitter would “take all necessary steps” to protect its intellectual property rights, including filing a lawsuit if necessary.
Meta denied the allegations, saying that none of the engineers who worked on Threads were former Twitter employees. The company also said Threads was “built from the ground up” and did not use Twitter trade secrets.
Meanwhile, Twitter owner Musk said, “Competition is fine, but cheating is not,” In response to a Tweet spreading news about threads.
The latest dispute between Twitter and Meta is in a series of clashes between the two companies. In recent years, Meta has been accused of copying features from Twitter, such as its Fleets feature, which is similar to Twitter’s Fleets feature.
It remains to be seen whether Twitter will sue Meta over Threads. However, the threat of a lawsuit is a sign of the growing tension between the two companies.
Here are some additional details about the dispute:
- Threads is a new text-based app from Meta that allows users to share photos, videos, and text with a small group of friends.
- The app was launched on July 6, 2023, and has already been downloaded by millions of users.
- Twitter CEO Elon Musk has been critical of Threads, calling it a “copycat” app.
- Musk’s lawyer Alex Spiro has sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing the company of stealing trade secrets from Twitter.
- Meta has denied the allegations, saying that none of the engineers who worked on Threads were former Twitter employees.
- The latest dispute between Twitter and Meta is in a series of clashes between the two companies.
- It remains to be seen whether Twitter will sue Meta over Threads.
