In a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg published Thursday by online news outlet Semafor, Musk’s attorney Alex Spiro accused the company of “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter trade secrets and other intellectual property”.
The letter accused Meta of hiring dozens of former employees of Musk’s company who “had and continue to have access to Twitter trade secrets and other highly confidential information.”
Threads is the biggest challenge that Twitter has faced to date, Musk’s company that has seen a series of potential competitors emerge, although none with enough power yet to replace what became one of the most popular social networking platforms. greats of the world
Zuckerberg’s latest move against Musk further escalated the rivalry between the two billionaires, who even agreed to meet for a hand-to-hand combat inside a cage.
And in his first tweet in over a decade, Zuckerberg posted a Spider-Man meme pointing at another Spider-Man in an apparent reference to the similarities between Threads and Twitter.
Threads went live on the Apple and Android app stores in 100 countries at 23:00 GMT on Wednesday, and the first comments posted highlighted a close, if reduced, resemblance to Twitter.
Within a few hours, more than 30 million people had downloaded Threads, Zuckerberg announced Thursday.
“Feels like the start of something special, but we have a lot of work ahead of us building the app,” Zuckerberg wrote on his official Threads account on Thursday.
Active accounts of celebrities such as Jennifer Lopez, Shakira and Hugh Jackman, and media outlets such as The Washington Post and The Economist, were already registered.
FUENTE: With information from AFP
