The intention to sue Meta for “unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and intellectual property” was stated in a legal letter sent by Twitter to Mark Zuckerberg
According to the complaint, Meta employed a large number of ex-Twitter workers who had access to the company’s trade secrets and intellectual property, which Meta then exploited to its advantage in creating the Threads social networking program. The letter calls out Meta for utilizing Twitter’s trade secrets and other sensitive information, calling Threads a “copy-cat app” for Twitter, and demands that Meta stop doing so since doing so is illegal under both state and federal law. Additionally, the message informs Meta that it is forbidden to trawl or scrape Twitter’s data.
In a brief statement, a Meta communications representative disputes Twitter’s assertions and clarifies that none of the Threads technical team members have ever worked for Twitter.
