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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Dan Milmo Global technology editor

Could Meta’s Threads deal a knockout blow to Twitter?

Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg with a Threads logo displayed on a smartphone
Rivals Elon Musk, left, and Mark Zuckerberg. Twitter has threatened to sue Meta, claiming its Threads app violates intellectual property rights. Photograph: Saurabh Sirohiya/Zuma/Shutterstock

If Threads truly is a Twitter-killer then it claims it is going to do it with “kindness”. Mark Zuckerberg, whose company Meta launched the rival platform this week, put forward the idea that positivity would be a big difference for a product that looks remarkably similar to its rival.

“We are definitely focusing on kindness and making this a friendly place,” he wrote on his Threads account.

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