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Tech CEOs Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg made it to the headlines again. While Meta enjoys the widespread trend grow each passing second, how could Musk let a rival float unhindered? Many could see this drama coming up for a long time. One such conscious Instagram thread user is Jonathan Owens, NFL player, and husband of gymnastics great Simone Biles who joined the line-up to express his thoughts.

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While the virtual world speculates about their escalating sourness, Musk isn’t backing down. While the feud grows, the thread users now have another thing to type in their threads about.

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Simone Biles’s Husband Jonathan Owens shares a thread

A week back, a thread was posted by @balleralert on the app, which highlighted the alleged civil dispute over intellectual property violations by Meta. Musk claimed that Twitter’s trade secrets were leaked to Zuckerberg’s company, further claiming they make a Twitter-like app called Threads. Commenting on the scene, Owens took it to Threads and wrote, “Yeah I definitely figured that was coming.”

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Musk has recently escalated the situation by asking his attorney to write a letter to Meta CEO Zuckerberg. In a direct message on behalf of X. Corp., Alex Spiro criticized Meta for releasing its app “Threads.” The lawyer further conjectured that Meta used “systematic, willful, and unlawful misappropriation” of Twitter’s confidential data. It was also mentioned that a few ex-employees exchanged Twitter’s trade secrets earlier this year during their massive layoff.

According to Arstechnica, it is claimed that the staff still owes answers to Twitter as documents and electronic devices were not rightfully handed over. Spiro complained that-“Meta has hired dozens of former Twitter employees over the past year.” While Twitter is being sued for unpaid wages and incentives by former employees, it appears the CEO is squabbling over how similar the two apps are. There is no formal response from Zuckerberg yet. As techies engage in a fight over the Thread, Instagram users are joining the hype created by the trend.

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Simone Biles and Jonathan Owens hop on the trend

Artistic gymnastics queen, Simone Biles, was among the first ones to add their account to the new app garnering over 307k followers. Her bio reads,  “wife, Olympic Champion.” She even seems to be enjoying her presence as she once wrote, “The energy on this app>>>>>”. Her fans were also quick to join the trend with the star as she gained hundreds of likes on her updates. Well, it was Biles who first threw shade at Elon Musk amidst drama with Mark Zuckerberg. However, amid the virtual fight between the two tech giants, even her Husband created his account.

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Owens joined Threads earlier this month and gained over 9.7 followers in the initial days. In a sweet gesture, he showed off his love for Biles in his bio that read- “Just a kid from St. Louis , Wife @simonebiles , #GoPackGo, Undrafted, #D2product.” The excitement to join the tribe of Thread users was real. While the couples are now among the active ones on the app, their fans now have one more platform to catch up with the pair.

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Divya Purohit is a senior Olympics Sports writer for EssentiallySports. She majorly covers gymnastics, alpine skiing, and horse racing. While bringing the detailed stats of gymnastics to the American readers, she covered two prominent events - the 2023 Xfinity Gymnastics Championships, and the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Along with the flips and turns of gymnastics, Divya also brings alive the stories from the aquatics arena for the swimming fandom. Her versatility found applause from 16-time WWE World Champion John Cena when she penned an insightful article about the Spanish Paralympian swimmer Iñigo Llopis Sanz. In her time away from penning down about her favorite athletes, Divya loves to play Tennis.

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