In a recent turn of events, Twitter has threatened to take legal action against Meta, the parent of Facebook, and Instagram over their just newly launched app, Thread.
Recall that Ikejabird reported that on Thursday, Meta recently launched a new application, Thread that is very similar to Twitter.
Meanwhile, after the app was launched Mark Zuckerberg, the CEO of Meta revealed that millions of people have subscribed to the new app in just a few hours.
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However, in the reports going rounds, Twitter has revealed its intentions to sue Meta because the latter company has infringed on its intellectual property rights and violated certain terms of use, according to Guardian.
Twitter claims Meta employed their former workers to develop Thread
According to a letter to Mark published by Semafor from Twitter’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, the team has serious concerns that Meta has inappropriately revealed trade secrets.
“Twitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights and demands that Meta take immediate steps to stop using any Twitter trade secrets or other highly confidential information.”
“Twitter reserves all rights, including, but not limited to, the right to seek both civil remedies and injunctive relief without further notice to prevent any further retention, disclosure, or use of its intellectual property by Meta,” Spiro said.
Meta was also accused of recruiting workers who have once worked for Twitter and know the trade secrets of the company.
Spiro alleged that the workers who were employed were recruited with the intent to develop Thread using Twitter’s trade secret.
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Netizen calls out Zuckerberg because of Threads
In other news, Mark Zuckerberg launched Instagram Threads, an app made to compete with Twitter. Screenshots from the App Store listing reveal that Threads will operate similarly to Twitter, allowing users to make text-based posts that can be liked, shared, and commented on.
Within just 24 hours of its release, the app has already garnered over 100 million downloads, making it the most popular social networking app, as announced by Zuckerberg.
A Nigerian man on Twitter has criticized Mark Zuckerberg, the owner of Facebook, for allegedly copying Twitter. He pointed out that many of Twitter’s features have been replicated in Zuckerberg’s new rival app.
