Elon Musk is threatening to sue Mark Zuckerberg‘s Meta over the launch of the company’s new social media platform Threads.
22.06.2023 - 19:43 / usmagazine.com
Elon Musk challenged Mark Zuckerberg to a cage match duel — and the Facebook founder seems to be up for the match.
The idea for a potential battle against the billionaires was formed when Musk, 51, threw shade Zuckerberg, 39, via Twitter on Tuesday, June 20. The Tesla founder commented on a post claiming that Zuckerberg was looking to create a new platform to compete with Twitter — which Musk purchased in April 2022.
After a fellow user warned Musk to be “careful” around Zuckerberg, who has taken up jiu-jitsu as a hobby, the South Africa native tweeted in response: “I’m up for a cage match if he is lol.”
Zuckerberg, for his part, responded to Musk’s challenge by sharing a screenshot of the tweet via his Instagram Story. “Send me location,” he wrote on Wednesday, June 21.
Shortly after Zuckerberg’s reply, Musk tweeted that the “Vegas Octagon” was his preferred location for the alleged fight.
“I have this great move that I call ‘The Walrus,’” he added. “Where I just lie on top of my opponent & do nothing.”
As the back and forth made headlines, controversial boxer Andrew Tate voiced his support for Musk and offered to train him. (Tate, 36, was recently indicted in Romania and charged with rape and human trafficking.)
“Meta banned me everywhere for telling the truth about vaccines,” the retired athlete claimed via Twitter. “But now we can restore honour with a strike at the enemy clans leader. I will train you @elonmusk. You will not lose.”
Zuckerberg, meanwhile, has shown off his passion for martial arts in recent years. During an August 2022 appearance on the “Joe Rogan Experience” podcast, the Meta creator revealed he took up jiu-jitsu during the COVID-19 lockdown. Last
Elon Musk is threatening to sue Mark Zuckerberg‘s Meta over the launch of the company’s new social media platform Threads.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor The battle between Elon Musk’s Twitter and Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta over the launch of Instagram’s Twitter rival Threads has taken a legal turn. On Wednesday, Meta’s Instagram debuted Threads, a text-focused social app designed to piggyback off Instagram’s infrastructure and user base. The app had more than 30 million sign-ups as of Thursday morning, according to Zuckerberg. In a July 5 cease-and-desist letter addressed to Meta CEO Zuckerberg, a lawyer representing Twitter said that Musk’s company had “serious concerns” that Meta “has engaged in systematic, willful and unlawful misappropriation of Twitter’s trade secrets and other intellectual property.” The letter said that “Twitter intends to strictly enforce its intellectual property rights, and demands that Meta take immediate steps to stop using any Twitter trade secrets or other highly confidential information.”
As Twitter faces a significant new challenge from Instagram offshoot Threads, CEO Linda Yaccarino is defending her turf.
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Mark Zuckerberg has returned to Twitter for his first post in almost a decade!
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has unleashed its frontal attack on Twitter, the social network controlled by Elon Musk. On Wednesday (July 5), Meta’s Instagram launched Threads, described as a “text-based conversation app.” The app is available in Apple’s App Store for iOS devices and in Google Play for Android.
Lauren Jauregui is sharing her opinion after Elon Musk set viewing limits on Twitter. The former Fifth Harmony member feels that it’s not a “coincidence” that the Tesla founder is implementing these changes as the U.S. prepares for another presidential elections cycle.
Elon Musk is continuing to turn the Twittersphere on its head.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg seem to be moving forward in their proposed cage fight, and the Tesla CEO even suggested that they hold the fight at the Colosseum in Rome, Italy.
Todd Spangler NY Digital Editor On Friday, Twitter — without notice — suddenly blocked access to the website for anyone who isn’t signed in as a registered user. Many people were confused about the change, wondering whether it was a glitch or a purposeful move on the part of Twitter, which is under the control of mega-billionaire Elon Musk. Previously, you could search Twitter and view tweets without needing a registered account. But now, visiting any Twitter page displays a log-in prompt instead. Musk, in a post Friday afternoon, claimed that Twitter took the step to improve performance on the platform after third-party companies were “scraping” data and overloading its systems. “Temporary emergency measure,” he tweeted. “We were getting data pillaged so much that it was degrading service for normal users!”
Could Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg face off at Italy’s most iconic landmark?
the Minister of Culture has reportedly reached out to Twitter and Tesla head Elon Musk and Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg to coordinate a fight at the historic Colosseum in Rome, Italy.The Post has reached out to the Italian Minister of Culture for confirmation.In response, Musk, 52, entertained the idea by tweeting, “Some chance fight happens in Colosseum.” Both tech moguls have been training with Lex Fridman, an Artificial Intelligence researcher who hosts the Lex Fridman Podcast, a podcast and YouTube series. He also practices Brazilian jiu-jitsu and holds a first-degree black belt.After Musk tweeted earlier this month that he would be “up for a cage fight” with Zuckerberg, the Meta CEO shot back by posting a screenshot of Musk’s tweet with the caption “send me location.”Zuckerberg’s team reportedly passed on the message to Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) President Dana White, whose people contacted the Italian Minister.Italian government officials reportedly offered up the 2,000-year-old venue as a battleground for the historic cage fight.
Elon Musk, the owner of Twitter, is being criticized after declaring that the words “cisgender”and its abbreviated form, “cis,” are slurs that will be barred from the social media platform.The term, which refers to individuals whose gender identity matches their assigned sex at birth, has been viewed controversially by many of those to whom it refers. They argue that their identities should not be defined relative to transgender individuals.Musk made the declaration on June 20 in response to a tweet from James Esses, an Irish right-wing media figure, who claimed that transgender activists berated him with the word, which he both ideologically rejects and believes is a slur.Esses’s claim to fame is that he was expelled from a therapist training course after sending a public petition to his school, requesting they change how they view gender dysphoria to “safeguard therapy and counseling” for children.Esses now uses his social media channels to speak out against the idea of gender dysphoria and deny the concept of transgender identity, and advocates for bans on puberty and hormone blockers for children. “Yesterday, after posting a Tweet saying that I reject the word ‘cis’ and don’t wish to be called it, I received a slew of messages from trans activists calling me ‘cissy’ and telling me that I am ‘cis’ ‘whether or not I like it,'” Esses complained in a Twitter post.
We’ve seen a lot of celebrity spats play out online. Trash talking, jabs, shade. They usually don’t actually get to the level of an actual physical fight! But then again, we suppose neither Elon Musk nor Mark Zuckerberg have anyone around them anymore to tell them this is a bad idea! LOLz!
Elon Musk somehow found himself a part of the story after it was reported that Starlink was used to communicate with the submersible. After Musk slammed the rumors, saying there was no connection, he found another reason to make headlines - challenging Mark Zuckerberg, who trains jiu-jitsu, to a cage match.It all started on June 20th when it began circulating on Twitter that Zuckerberg’s META has been working on an app that would be a competitor of the controversial site.
50 million people watching in the U.S. alone. “There’s no limit on what that thing can make,” White told TMZ, adding that the fight would cost a person $100 to watch.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are stepping into the ring.
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg have been scrapping it out in the social media ether for months and now they’re ready to do the business in a cage.
famously isn’t all that good at actually being funny. Which is why we think, but we can’t be sure, that he was joking when he claimed he would fight fellow billionaire Mark Zuckerberg in a cage match and then named the place he’d do it: “Vegas Octagon,” came the tweet on Wednesday night.