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Whatsapp Co-Founder Joins #deletefacebook movement
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Whatsapp Co-Founder Joins #deletefacebook movement

Brian Acton, co-founder of Whatsapp chose his side concerning the recent backlash against Facebook after reports of the misuse of its data by a firm linked to Donald Trump’s election campaign. Indeed, the former Whatsapp CEO joined the movement #deletefacebook via a twitter post on the microblogging site. It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018 Brian Acton tweeted “It is time. #deletefacebook,” to his 21,000 followers. Brian Acton has past personal dealings with Facebook for the company he founded, Whatsapp, was bought by the thumbs up platform in 2014 for $16 billion. While the other co-founder of Whatsapp, Jan Koum, chose to continue leading the company, Acton decided to leave the message app company this year only to start his own foundation. Faceb...