Zuckerberg accepts Musk's challenge to engage in cage fight

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg SpaceX, Twitter Tesla CEO Elon Musk. 

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg (L) and SpaceX, Twitter and electric car maker Tesla CEO Elon Musk. PHOTO | AFP

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Tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk are in a fierce business rivalry that has spilt over into a playground spat, with the two men offering to fight each other in a cage.

Months after Musk took over Twitter, Zuckerberg's Meta hinted it was planning to launch its own text-based social media platform -- essentially a direct rival.