{"id":6031,"date":"2023-07-08T02:33:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T21:03:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=6031"},"modified":"2023-07-08T02:33:59","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T21:03:59","slug":"twitter-vs-threads-can-elon-musks-platform-prove-meta-stole-trade-secrets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bscrackers.com\/?p=6031","title":{"rendered":"Twitter vs Threads: Can Elon Musk&#8217;s Platform Prove Meta Stole Trade Secrets?"},"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 08, 2023, 02:33 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=6031\/#Twitter_accuses_Meta_Platforms_of_stealing_trade_secrets_for_Threads_but_faces_legal_hurdles_in_potential_lawsuit\" title=\"Twitter accuses Meta Platforms of stealing trade secrets for Threads, but faces legal hurdles in potential lawsuit\">Twitter accuses Meta Platforms of stealing trade secrets for Threads, but faces legal hurdles in potential lawsuit<\/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=6031\/#DESIGNATING_%E2%80%98SECRETS\" title=\"DESIGNATING \u2018SECRETS\u2019\">DESIGNATING \u2018SECRETS\u2019<\/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=\"Twitter_accuses_Meta_Platforms_of_stealing_trade_secrets_for_Threads_but_faces_legal_hurdles_in_potential_lawsuit\"><\/span>Twitter accuses Meta Platforms of stealing trade secrets for Threads, but faces legal hurdles in potential lawsuit<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\u2019s claim that Meta Platforms stole trade secrets to build its new microblogging site may be the first volley in a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.news18.com\/tech\/twitter-threatens-suit-against-meta-over-threads-citing-intellectual-property-concerns-8271103.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legal battle between the social media giants<\/a>, but experts say Twitter would have to clear a high hurdle if it sues. In a letter sent on Wednesday, Twitter alleged that Meta used its trade secrets to develop its new social media platform, Threads, and demanded that it stop using the information.<\/p>\n<p id=\"1\" class=\"story_para_1\">Twitter said that Meta had hired dozens of former Twitter employees, many of whom \u201cimproperly retained&#8221; devices and documents from the company, and said Meta \u201cdeliberately\u201d assigned them to work on Threads. It was unclear whether any lawsuit would be filed.<\/p>\n<p id=\"2\" class=\"story_para_2\">A spokesperson for Twitter did not immediately reply to a request for comment. Meta spokesperson Andy Stone said in a Threads post on Thursday that no one on the site\u2019s engineering team is a former Twitter employee. Legal experts said that while many companies have accused competitors that hired former employees and have a similar product of stealing trade secrets, the cases are difficult to prove.<\/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-8280913_2_12\" id=\"new_ad_3\"\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"3\" class=\"story_para_3\">To win, a company needs to show its competitor took information that was economically valuable and which the company had taken \u201creasonable efforts&#8221;\u00a0to keep secret, said Polk Wagner, a law professor at the University of Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n<p id=\"4\" class=\"story_para_4\">But the question of what constitutes a \u201creasonable effort&#8221; can be tricky, he said. \u201cThe courts are pretty clear that you can\u2019t just wave your hands and say something is a trade secret. On the other hand, you don\u2019t have to lock everything down so much that nobody can use the information,\u201d Wagner said.<\/p>\n<h4><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"DESIGNATING_%E2%80%98SECRETS\"><\/span>DESIGNATING \u2018SECRETS\u2019<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h4>\n<p id=\"5\" class=\"story_para_5\">Meta launched Threads on Wednesday in what could be the first real threat to Twitter, which has alienated many users and advertisers since billionaire Elon Musk bought the microblogging site last year.<\/p>\n<p id=\"6\" class=\"story_para_6\">Threads shares some resemblance to Twitter, as do the numerous other social media sites that have cropped up in the last several months. One element courts look at is whether a company made clear to employees that the specific information at issue was a trade secret.<\/p>\n<p id=\"7\" class=\"story_para_7\">Sharon Sandeen, a professor at Mitchell Hamline School of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota, said that companies have lost trade- secret cases when they claimed that employees were bound by broad agreements designating all the company\u2019s information as confidential.<\/p>\n<p id=\"8\" class=\"story_para_8\">Courts have said that employees have no way of knowing from such sweeping language what is and is not confidential, she said. Companies often bring trade-secret cases only to find their claims are not as strong as they thought, experts said.<\/p>\n<p><videocarousel\/><\/p>\n<p id=\"9\" class=\"story_para_9\">Sandeen pointed to the high-profile legal battle between Alphabet\u2019s Waymo self-driving vehicle unit and ride-share company Uber Technologies. The case began with allegations of thousands of stolen documents, and ended with a dispute over a small handful, she said.<\/p>\n<p id=\"10\" class=\"story_para_10\">Uber settled the case on the eve of trial for $245 million worth of its own shares. While trials are rare in trade-secret cases, settlements are common, said Wagner.\u00a0\u201cThe incentives to settle in these sorts of cases are especially strong because nobody wants the secrets being discussed more than necessary,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p><i class=\"disclaimer-content\">(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>)<\/i> <\/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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