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Business Matters: Twitter threatens its new rival Threads

Twitter threatens its new rival Threads

07/07/2023 GMT

BBC World Service - Business Matters, Twitter threatens its new rival Threads

Twitter is considering legal action against Meta over its fast-growing rival app Threads.

"Competition is fine, cheating is not" says Twitter boss Elon Musk in a letter to Facebook owner Meta, accusing the company of developing a "copycat" app, claims Meta denies.

On today's show, Roger Hearing looks into Twitter boss Elon Musk's claims that Facebook owner Meta has copied Twitter's trade secrets to build its rival app Threads, claims Meta denies.

Also tonight, guests Frank Tsai, Editor of Shanghai Review and Sarah Kunst, managing director of Cleo Capital discuss a move to force Uber Eats to pay its delivery workers the minimum wage in New York and Taylor Swift's billion dollar tour.

(Picture: Threads and Twitter logos are displayed on a mobile phone. Photo by Berke Bayur/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

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