Tag: Delete Facebook

Attending a panel discussion at Stanford University, Brian Acton, the co-founder of WhatsApp urged people to delete their Facebook accounts. After selling WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion in 2014, Acton left Facebook last year when Cambridge data breach controversy happen. Acton said that the smaller companies in Silicon Valley are pressured to chase venture capital and accept large exits to appease employees and stakeholders.“You go back to this Silicon Valley culture and people say, ‘Well, could you have not sold?’ and the answer is no,” Buzzfeed quotes Acton as saying.He also described his decision to accept Facebook’s offer as “rational choice” to go home with “a boatload of money.”“I had 50 employees, and I had to think about them and the money they would make from this ...