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Oh boy, look at this juicy legal drama unfolding in Silicon Valley! It seems that Twitter is none too pleased with Meta’s new Threads app and they’re ready to throw down in the courtroom! According to reports, Twitter is accusing Meta of engaging in some shady business practices by poaching their former employees to develop Threads.
Now, Threads is like a knockoff version of Twitter, and apparently, it gained a whopping 30 million sign-ups in just 24 hours. But, instead of celebrating the competition, Twitter’s lawyer, Alex Spiro, decided to rain on Meta’s parade and sent a strongly worded letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg. He demanded that Meta stop using any of Twitter’s precious trade secrets and confidential information.
Spiro claims that Meta went and hired a bunch of former Twitter employees who had insider knowledge of all the secret Twitter stuff. And now, they’re using that knowledge to create their own app, which is totally breaking the law. Spiro says it’s a violation of state and federal laws, and Twitter’s ongoing obligations. Ouch!
Of course, Meta isn’t taking these allegations lying down. Their communications director, Andy Stone, fired back with a Threads post denying that any members of their engineering team are ex-Twitter employees. Hmm, someone’s not being entirely truthful here. Who should we believe? The multi-billion dollar company or the multi-billion dollar company?
But wait, the plot thickens! None other than Elon Musk himself decided to weigh in on the drama. Musk, who is known for his love of a good Twitter feud, tweeted his support for Twitter’s legal action, saying, “Competition is fine, cheating is not.” Oh, Elon, always stirring the pot!
Not one to back down, Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino joined the party and took a jab at Threads in a tweet. She proudly declared that Twitter can never be duplicated, despite all the wannabes out there. Way to defend the brand, Linda!
NEWS: Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over "systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation" of Twitter's trade secrets and IP, as well as scraping of Twitter's data, in a cease-and-desist letter sent yesterday to Zuckerberg by Elon's lawyer Alex Spiro. pic.twitter.com/enWhnlYcAt
— X Daily News (@xDaily) July 6, 2023
Now, if you thought this legal battle couldn’t get any more wild, you’re in for a treat. It seems that the idea of Zuckerberg and Musk duking it out in a cage match has been thrown into the mix. Yes, you heard that right. An actual cage match! It all started with a Twitter conversation about Meta’s app, and Musk suggested the idea. Zuckerberg responded with a cryptic challenge and proposed the Vegas Octagon as the battleground.
According to UFC president Dana White, both tech titans are dead serious about this face-off. They really want to settle their differences in a fight. I mean, who needs lawyers and courtrooms when you can watch two billionaires beat each other up, right?
All I can say is, buckle up folks, because this feud between Zuckerberg, Musk, and now Twitter is just getting started. It’s like a real-life soap opera playing out in the tech world, and I can’t wait to see what happens next. Stay tuned!
Source: Trending Politics
