{"id":1966040,"date":"2023-07-06T19:07:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-accuses-metas-threads-of-violating-state-and-federal-laws-over-alleged-ip-theft\/"},"modified":"2023-07-06T19:07:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-06T23:07:52","slug":"twitter-accuses-metas-threads-of-violating-state-and-federal-laws-over-alleged-ip-theft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-accuses-metas-threads-of-violating-state-and-federal-laws-over-alleged-ip-theft\/","title":{"rendered":"Twitter accused Meta&#8217;s &#8216;Threads&#8217; of violating state and federal laws due to alleged IP theft."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftwitter-accuses-metas-threads-of-violating-state-and-federal-laws-over-alleged-ip-theft%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1966040&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Twitter Threatens Legal Action Against Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg<\/h2>\n<p>Twitter sent a letter to Meta CEO <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/mark-zuckerberg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mark Zuckerberg<\/a> this week, accusing Threads of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/twitter-accuses-metas-threads-of-violating-state-and-federal-laws-over-alleged-ip-theft\/\" title=\"Twitter accused Meta's 'Threads' of violating state and federal laws due to alleged IP theft.\">stealing protected <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/who-is-really-running-the-biden-gang-its-not-joe-biden-so-who-could-it-be\/\" title=\"Who Is Really Running the Biden Gang?  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The letter highlighted that Meta had hired numerous former Twitter employees who had access to Twitter&#8217;s confidential information and had retained Twitter documents and electronic devices.<\/p>\n<p>The letter continued, stating that Meta deliberately assigned these employees to develop a copycat app called &#8216;Threads&#8217; using Twitter&#8217;s trade secrets and intellectual property, violating state and federal laws as well as their ongoing obligations to Twitter.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter intends to enforce its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/marsha-blackburn-fires-back-at-taylor-swift-socialism-will-destroy-your-career\/\" title=\"Marsha Blackburn Fires Back At Taylor Swift: Socialism Will Destroy Your Career\">intellectual property rights<\/a> and demanded that Meta immediately cease using any Twitter trade secrets or confidential information.<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1688648178298000&#038;usg=AOvVaw10v0UGh9BJZV8inaPuI6t7\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The letter warned that Twitter would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/desantis-signs-bill-protecting-girls-from-competing-against-biological-males-on-first-day-of-pride-month\/\" title=\"DeSantis Signs Bill Protecting Girls From Competing Against Biological Males On First Day Of Pride Month\">pursue civil remedies<\/a> and injunctive relief without further notice to prevent Meta from retaining, disclosing, or using its intellectual property.<\/p>\n<p>Twitter also informed Meta that it was prohibited from engaging in any crawling or scraping of Twitter&#8217;s followers or following data, as stated in the company&#8217;s terms of service.<\/p>\n<p>The letter concluded by notifying Meta to preserve any documents relevant to the dispute between Twitter, Meta, and former Twitter employees now working for Meta, including recruitment, hiring, onboarding, development of Meta&#8217;s Threads app, and communications between these employees and any Meta representative.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twitter sent a letter to Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, accusing Threads of stealing intellectual property and trade secrets. Zuckerberg claimed Threads had gained 30 million users on a .net domain. 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