Article 6CRZ4 Twitter warns it could sue Meta over ‘copycat’ Threads app

Twitter warns it could sue Meta over ‘copycat’ Threads app

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Twitter is threatening to sue Meta over concerns about its new Threads app, according to a letter obtained by Semafor. In the letter, which is addressed to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro argues that Meta used Twitter's trade secrets and intellectual property to build Threads.

Spiro, who is also Elon Musk's personal lawyer and a partner at the Quinn Emanuel law firm, claims that Meta hired dozens" of ex-Twitter employees to develop Threads, which wouldn't be all that surprising given just how many people were fired following Musk's takeover.

But according to Twitter, many of these former workers still have access to Twitter's trade secrets and other confidential information. Twitter alleges that Meta took advantage...

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