Elon Musk Twitter has vowed to sue Meta 24 hours after it launched a rival application that gained massive users.
Threads gained 30 million users just 24 hours after it was launched and went live.
But now Twitter boss Elon Musk has sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, via his lawyer Alex Spiro, warning of potential legal action.
The letter says: ‘Twitter has serious concerns that Meta Platforms (Meta) has engaged in systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.’
It claims that Meta has hired ‘dozens’ of former Twitter employees and that they have access to the company’s ‘trade secrets’.
Mr Spiro also said that many of these employees have ‘improperly retained Twitter documents and electronic devices.