Twitter vs Thread: Meta’s new social media app Threads has been in the news ever since its launch. Elon Musk’s legal team has threatened legal action against Mark Zuckerberg. In this regard, Elon Musk said, there is a place for competition, but cheating is not right. Micro-blogging platform Twitter has warned of legal action over copying of new app threads based on written messages from Facebook’s governing body Meta. In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, a Twitter lawyer alleged Twitter’s illegal use of trade secrets and misuse of intellectual property rights.
‘Threads is a copycat app’
Alex Spiro, a lawyer representing Twitter, said in the letter that Meta created a copycat app in the form of Threads by hiring former Twitter employees, according to details of the letter obtained by news website Semaphore. Twitter intends to enforce its intellectual property rights in this case, Spiro said. The agency will use civil remedies to recover from wrongdoing.
‘Competition is a good thing, cheating is not’
Twitter’s lawyer described Zuckerberg’s letter as a formal notice, saying it would be a relevant document in a potential legal dispute. In a tweet asking questions about the possibility of legal action against Meta, Twitter owner Elon Musk did not directly answer, saying that competition is a good thing, not cheating. “We are often copied, but the Twitter community cannot be replicated,” Twitter CEO Linda Iaccarino said in a tweet.
Meta said – Twitter’s claim is not correct
In response to threats of legal action from Twitter’s attorneys, Meta spokesman Andy Stone said, “No member of the Threads development team is a former Twitter employee.” This claim is not correct. According to a PTI-Bhasha report, attempts were made to contact both Twitter and Spiro for their response on the matter. A reply email with an emoji has been sent to this Twitter This is the automated response that companies typically provide to correspondents in emails.
Privacy concerns
Meta recently launched the messaging app Threads and within hours it was downloaded by millions of people. The app was developed by the Instagram team at Meta and is seen as a challenge to Twitter’s reign. Some concerns about personal data are also being raised about Meta’s new app thread. Thread has been launched in more than 100 countries around the world but the European Union has not yet approved it due to strict data protection rules.
