{"id":5792,"date":"2023-07-07T01:35:04","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:05:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=5792"},"modified":"2023-07-07T01:35:04","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T20:05:04","slug":"twitter-threatens-suit-against-meta-over-threads-citing-intellectual-property-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=5792","title":{"rendered":"Twitter Threatens Suit Against Meta Over Threads, Citing Intellectual Property Concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> [ad_1]<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_headline\">\n<p class=\"jsx-1647035624\">Last Updated: <span style=\"color:#808080;text-transform:uppercase\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\">July 07, 2023, 01:38 IST<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_headline\">\n<p class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><span id=\"location_info\">United States of America (USA)<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"display:flex;justify-content:space-between;background:#f3f3f3;padding:0 15px 10px 10px;border-bottom:5px solid #e1261c\">\n<div style=\"width:510px;padding-top:10px;position:relative;height:350px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bimg\">\n<figure style=\"line-height:0;width:510px;height:340px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The Threads app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries \u2014 including the US, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. (AP Photo)\" title=\"The Threads app, billed as the text version of Meta's photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries \u2014 including the US, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. (AP Photo)\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2021\/07\/1627283897_news18_logo-1200x800.jpg?impolicy=website&amp;width=510&amp;height=356\" loading=\"eager\" width=\"510\" height=\"340\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"\/><\/figure>\n<p style=\"line-height:18px;position:absolute;bottom:0;background:linear-gradient(transparent,#000);left:0;right:0;margin-bottom:0;font-size:12px;color:#fff;padding:32px 10px 5px;min-height:55px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 imageCaption\">The Threads app, billed as the text version of Meta&#8217;s photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries \u2014 including the US, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan. (AP Photo)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"width:359px;padding-top:10px\" class=\"jsx-1647035624 article_bnow_box\">\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_73 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=5792\/#On_its_debut_day_Metas_newly_launched_Threads_app_garnered_30_million_users\" title=\"On its debut day, Meta&#8217;s newly launched Threads app garnered 30 million users\">On its debut day, Meta&#8217;s newly launched Threads app garnered 30 million users<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-4' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=5792\/#Twitter_Threat_over_Trade_Secrets\" title=\"Twitter Threat over Trade Secrets\">Twitter Threat over Trade Secrets<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-4'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=5792\/#Twitter_CEO_Swipe_at_Threads\" title=\"Twitter CEO Swipe at Threads\">Twitter CEO Swipe at Threads<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"min-height:24px;font-size:14px;line-height:24px;color:#3f3f3f;font-weight:400\" class=\"jsx-1647035624\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"On_its_debut_day_Metas_newly_launched_Threads_app_garnered_30_million_users\"><\/span>On its debut day, Meta&#8217;s newly launched Threads app garnered 30 million users<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"article_ContentWrap\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624\">\n<p id=\"0\" class=\"story_para_0\">Twitter has threatened to sue <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/what-is-metas-threads-and-how-to-use-it-a-step-by-step-guide-8262871.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Meta over its new Threads platform<\/a>, US-based publication Semafor reported on Thursday, citing a letter sent to its head Mark Zuckerberg by Twitter\u2019s lawyer Alex Spiro.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">On its debut day, Meta\u2019s newly launched Threads app garnered 30 million users, according to Zuckerberg. The app is being positioned as a \u201cfriendly&#8221; competitor to Twitter, which was acquired by Elon Musk last year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">\u201cTwitter 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,\u201d Spiro wrote in the letter.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twitter_Threat_over_Trade_Secrets\"><\/span>Twitter Threat over Trade Secrets<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">In his letter, Spiro accused Meta of hiring former Twitter employees who \u201chad and continue to have access to Twitter\u2019s trade secrets and other highly confidential information,\u201d the report said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">Since Musk\u2019s takeover of the social media platform, Twitter has seen competition from Mastodon and Bluesky among others. Threads\u2019 user interface, however, has a striking resemblance to the microblogging platform.<\/p>\n<p><nonfly class=\"article_mad\" adunit=\"NW18_ENG_Desktop\/NW18_ENG_Tech\/NW18_ENG_Tech_AS\/NW18_ENG_TECH_AS_ROS_MID_728\" slotid=\"nw18-dynamic-div-8271103_5_16\" id=\"new_ad_5\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">The app, billed as the text version of Meta\u2019s photo-sharing platform Instagram, became available Wednesday night to users in more than 100 countries \u2014 including the US, Britain, Australia, Canada and Japan.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">Threads, which Meta says provides \u201ca new, separate space for real-time updates and public conversations.&#8221; However,\u00a0the new app has also raised data privacy concerns and is notably unavailable in the European Union.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Twitter_CEO_Swipe_at_Threads\"><\/span>Twitter CEO Swipe at Threads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">On Friday, Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino criticized Meta\u2019s newly launched rival, saying that\u00a0the\u00a0microblogging\u00a0community \u201ccan never be duplicated.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"mimg-vdo\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">On Twitter, everyone\u2019s voice matters.Whether you\u2019re here to watch history unfold, discover REAL-TIME information all over the world, share your opinions, or learn about others \u2014 on Twitter YOU can be real.<\/p>\n<p>YOU built the Twitter community. \ud83d\ude4f\ud83d\udc4f And that\u2019s irreplaceable. This\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Linda Yaccarino (@lindayacc) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/lindayacc\/status\/1676965566597464065?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">July 6, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">Yaccarino, appointed by Elon Musk as his successor,\u00a0highlighted Twitter\u2019s role in witnessing historical events, accessing real-time information, sharing opinions, and fostering a community.<\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">\u201cWhether you\u2019re here to watch history unfold, discover REAL-TIME information all over the world, share your opinions, or learn about others \u2014 on Twitter YOU can be real. YOU built the Twitter community,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">\u201cAnd that\u2019s irreplaceable. This is your public square. We\u2019re often imitated \u2014 but the Twitter community can never be duplicated,\u201d Yaccarino concluded.<\/p>\n<p><videocarousel\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"11\" class=\"story_para_11\"><em>(With agency inputs)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 authorBox21 article_author\">\n<div class=\"jsx-1647035624 author_box\">\n<div class=\"author_box_inner\">\n<div class=\"img_box1 author_img\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.news18.com\/ibnlive\/uploads\/2023\/03\/rohit.jpeg?impolicy=website&amp;width=70&amp;height=70\" class=\"lazyload\" alt=\"\"\/><\/div>\n<div class=\"text1 author_content\"><a class=\"smalldesc1 author_name\" href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/byline\/rohit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span>Rohit<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<div>Rohit is a News18.com journalist with a passion for world affairs and a love for football. 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