If Elon Musk isn’t feeling any apprehension about the massive amount of money he invested in Twitter, he may not be acknowledging the reality. Meta’s innovative competitor to Twitter, Threads, has already launched in 100 countries and attracted over 10 million users in just seven hours. However, there are some concerns to keep in mind. Since Threads requires users to have an
Instagram account, deleting Threads will also require them to delete their linked Instagram account. This is an important consideration for anyone thinking of leaving Threads.
With Musk evidently worried, Twitter is resorting to legal action to try and stop
Meta. According to a report by
Semafor (via
CNET), Alex Spiro, Musk’s personal attorney, sent a letter to Meta co-founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg accusing Meta of stealing “Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.” Musk also joined the conversation with a tweet declaring, “Competition is acceptable, but cheating is not.”
The allegations made by Spiro claim that Meta hired former Twitter employees who were able to disclose Twitter’s secrets. In his letter to Zuckerberg, Spiro pointed out that utilizing these ex-Twitter employees’ inside knowledge of Twitter to hastily develop Threads is a violation of both state and federal laws, as well as the employees’ ongoing obligations to Twitter. It remains unknown whether any of these former employees signed non-disclosure agreements upon leaving Twitter.
Elon Musk accuses Meta of cheating by hiring former Twitter employees to obtain platform information
However, it must be noted that Musk may have unknowingly played a part in his own downfall by laying off numerous Twitter employees after acquiring the company. This move likely provided an incentive for those who were laid off by Musk to assist Meta in creating Threads and toppling Twitter. Nevertheless, Meta’s communications director, Andy Stone, constructed a response to Spiro’s accusation, stating in a thread, “To be clear: ‘No one on the Threads engineering team is a former Twitter employee — that’s just not a thing.'”
In response, Meta communications director Andy Stone refutes Musk’s accusation
If you’re an
iPhone user, you can sign up for Threads by
tapping on this App Store link. For
Android users, visit the Play Store to install Threads by
tapping on this link. When creating your Threads account, you can use the same sign-in credentials as your Instagram account. It’s worth noting that the app is listed as “Threads, an Instagram app” in both the App Store and Play Store.
Threads is off to an impressive start. Will it be able to surpass Twitter? That remains the billion-dollar question for Elon Musk.
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