Meta's Threads app faces legal battle with Twitter
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Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over its new Threads app, accusing the company of poaching former Twitter employees to create the platform. Threads, a text-based platform similar to Twitter, has gained over 30 million sign-ups since its launch. Twitter's lawyer sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, alleging the unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and intellectual property. Meta denies the claims, stating that no former Twitter employees are on the Threads engineering team. This move highlights Threads as a notable rival to Twitter, with Elon Musk backing Twitter's claims and Meta's CEO posting a Spider-Man meme in response.
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