Mark Zuckerberg Goes After Elon Musk's Prized Asset: Introducing Meta's "Twitter Killer"

There's no love lost between Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk. In fact, the two billionaires allegedly agreed to a physical fight recently before Musk's mother reportedly intervened to call it off. Even if that fight didn't take place, Zuckerberg is about to land an incredibly painful blow on Musk without even throwing a punch. That's because his company, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), just launched "Threads," a brand-new social media platform designed to compete directly with Twitter, which Musk purchased and took private for a whopping $44 billion last year. 

Twitter has been plagued with challenges ever since the acquisition, with advertisers abandoning the social media platform and the majority of its workforce getting laid off. Musk himself recently admitted the company was just months away from having to file for bankruptcy protection.

Is Meta's latest move about to deal the final blow? 

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