Twitter is threatening to file a lawsuit against Meta over its new Threads platform, accusing it of poaching former employees to create a ‘copycat’ app.
“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 lawyer Alex Spiro wrote in a letter obtained exclusively by Semafor.
“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.”
The social-media platform owned by Elon Musk threatened legal action the same day Meta went live with Threads. Meta creator Mark Zuckerberg painted Threads as a Twitter rival and has seen 30 million people sign-up on the first day.