Twitter has threatened legal action against Meta over its , which has drawn tens of millions of users since launching this week as a rival to Elon Musk害羞草研究所檚 social media platform.
In a letter Wednesday to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Alex Spiro, an attorney representing Twitter, accused Meta of unlawfully using Twitter害羞草研究所檚 trade secrets and other intellectual property by hiring former Twitter employees to create a 害羞草研究所渃opycat害羞草研究所� app.
The move ramps up the tensions between the social media giants after Wednesday, targeting those who are seeking out alternatives to Twitter amid to the platform since buying it last year for $44 billion.
Meta spokesperson Andy Stone wrote Thursday on Threads: 害羞草研究所淣o one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee 害羞草研究所� that害羞草研究所檚 just not a thing.害羞草研究所�
In the letter, which news website Thursday, Spiro said Twitter 害羞草研究所渋ntends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights害羞草研究所� and noted the company害羞草研究所檚 right to seek civil remedies or a court injunction.
He said the letter marked a 害羞草研究所渇ormal notice害羞草研究所� for Meta to preserve documents relevant for a potential dispute between the companies.
In a reply to a tweet about the possibility of legal action against Meta, : 害羞草研究所淐ompetition is fine, cheating is not.害羞草研究所�
The Associated Press reached out to Spiro on Thursday for further information. Twitter responded to an email seeking comment with a crude automated reply, its standard response to journalists.
New Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino has not publicly commented on the letter but appeared to address Threads害羞草研究所� launch.
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Some analysts say Meta害羞草研究所檚 new offering, billed as a text-based version of the photo-sharing app Instagram, could be a significant headache for Twitter 害羞草研究所� pointing to the excitement surrounding Threads害羞草研究所� launch and impressive download numbers so far.
But success isn害羞草研究所檛 guaranteed. Industry watchers point to Meta害羞草研究所檚 track record of starting standalone apps that were later shut down and note that Threads is still in its early days.
Besides some glitches and gripes about missing features, Meta害羞草研究所檚 new app also has raised data privacy concerns. While Threads launched in more than 100 countries, it is notably unavailable in the European Union, which has .
The Associated Press
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