Twitter is weighing the option of taking legal measures against Meta due to its rapidly-growing rival app, Threads.
On Wednesday, threads were released to the public and has been billed by Meta administrators as a "pleasant" substitute to Twitter.
Elon Musk, of Twitter, declared that rivalry is acceptable, however, deception is not - yet Meta repudiated allegations in a court-documented notification that previous Twitter staff had been involved in the formation of Threads.
Meta reports that in excess of 30 million people have enrolled for the new app.
James Clayton, BBC News technology reporter, commented that Threads' design and layout are reminiscent of Twitter, noting that its news feed and ability to repost were highly recognizable.
As initially reported by Semafor, Twitter's lawyer Alex Spiro delivered a letter to Meta's CEO Mark Zuckerberg on Wednesday accusing them of "intentionally, willfully, and unlawfully pilfering Twitter's trade secrets and other intellectual property" to build Threads.
Mr Spiro declared that Meta had recruited dozens of ex-Twitter personnel who "had access to and are still having access to Twitter's trade secrets and other highly confidential information", with which they aided Meta in making what he called the "replica" Threads app.
Twitter is determined to vigilantly protect its intellectual property rights and is insisting that Meta take swift action to prevent any further utilization of Twitter trade secrets and other strictly confidential information, according to the letter.
Twitter has the right to take both civil and injunctive action without further notification.
The BBC News has come into possession of a copy of the letter, and has sought out comment from both Meta and Twitter.
Mr Musk commented that competition is tolerable, but that cheating is not acceptable in reference to a Twitter post concerning the legal letter.
Andy Stone, a spokesperson for Meta, said on Threads that "the engineering staff at Threads has no prior experience with Twitter; that's simply not true".
Mr Musk and Mr Zuckerberg have both admitted the competition regarding Threads, which is connected to Instagram, though it serves as a separate application.
When it went live in one hundred countries, Mr. Zuckerberg made a noteworthy post on Twitter after staying silent for over eleven years. The post was of a meme of two nearly identical Spider-Man figures pointing at each other, suggesting a face-off. This was widely admired.
Not long after that and as the phrase "Threads" became popular worldwide on his platform, Mr Musk stated: "It is much more desirable to get criticism from unknown people on Twitter, instead of pretending to be joyful on Instagram."
Twitter CEO Linda Yaccarino declared in a tweet on Thursday that while the platform, which has logged approximately 260 million monthly users, is "frequently emulated" it "can never be successfully replicated".
This year has seen both Meta and Twitter make considerable reductions in their workforce, including Meta's disclosure in April of a staff cut of approximately 10,000 personnel.
Twitter experienced significant layoffs of its 7,500-strong workforce, with as much as 80% of personnel dismissed in the aftermath of Mr Musk's acquisition in October of last year.
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