Twitter threatens to sue Meta for releasing Instagram Threads
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Twitter threatened legal action over Meta's decision to release its Twitter clone Instagram Threads, arguing that the Facebook parent company had taken former Twitter employees to create a copycat.
Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday accusing it of stealing the company's intellectual property. The legal threat arrived less than a day after Zuckerberg launched Threads, which saw its user base surge to more than 30 million in a day. Twitter's lawsuit arrives as the company struggles to keep advertisers on the platform.
Spiro accused Meta of "systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property," according to a letter draft acquired by Semafor.
"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," Spiro added. "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."
