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The founder of Whatsapp

(1) claims that Facebook promised Whatsapp would not be monetised, and that Facebook and and Whatsapp's data would not be combined. This information was also provided to European antitrust regulators

(2) missed out on $850 stock option grants vesting by quitting early over disputes with Facebook about monetisation strategy involving advertising

(3) promoted #deletefacebook on Whatsapp following the Cambridge Anlalytica scandal

(4) Donated $50m to the non-for-profit alternative, Signal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Acton

parent oli5679 5 years ago

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