7 July 2023Global Trade SecretsSarah Speight

Musk: Meta stole Twitter's trade secrets to launch Threads

Elon Musk issues a cease-and-desist letter to Mark Zuckerberg on day Threads is released | Twitter boss claims that Meta stole trade secrets to launch the rival platform | ‘Competition is fine, cheating is not’...[Meta] will lose this battle,' tweets Musk.

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Musk: Meta stole Twitter's trade secrets to launch Threads

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