Facebook’s lead data protection regulator in Europe has asked the company for an “urgent briefing” regarding plans to integrate the underlying infrastructure of its three social messaging platforms. In a statement posted to its website late last week the Irish Data Protection Commission writes: “Previous proposals to share data between Facebook companies have given rise […]
View More Facebook warned over privacy risks of merging messaging platformsCategory: Brian Acton
WhatsApp’s chief business officer is leaving
Neeraj Arora was widely believed to be the frontrunner to replace former CEO Jan Koum, who left the company shortly after co-founder Brian Acton earlier this year.
View More WhatsApp’s chief business officer is leavingWhatsApp is finally adding stickers
WhatsApp is finally adding stickers to its hugely popular messaging app. The company said today that support for stickers will roll out to Android and iOS users over “the coming weeks.” Initially, the app’s 1.5 billion users will have a seemingly limited selection with the first packs provided by WhatsApp’s own design team and some “other […]
View More WhatsApp is finally adding stickersFacebook’s ex-CSO, Alex Stamos, defends its decision to inject ads in WhatsApp
Alex Stamos, Facebook’s former chief security officer, who left the company this summer to take up a role in academia, has made a contribution to what’s sometimes couched as a debate about how to monetize (and thus sustain) commercial end-to-end encrypted messaging platforms in order that the privacy benefits they otherwise offer can be as widely […]
View More Facebook’s ex-CSO, Alex Stamos, defends its decision to inject ads in WhatsAppFacebook poisons the acquisition well
Who should you sell your startup to? Facebook and the founders of its former acquisitions are making a strong case against getting bought by Mark Zuckerberg and Co. After a half-decade of being seen as one of the most respectful and desired acquirers, a series of scandals has destroyed the image of Facebook’s M&A division. That […]
View More Facebook poisons the acquisition wellFacebook exec blasts WhatsApp founder for being ‘low-class’
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David Marcus wants to talk about class. Or, specifically, the lack thereof he sees in a wealthy man taking a principled stand against the conglomerate that so long buttered his bread.
The Facebook head of blockchain published a clearly frustrated screed today, blasting WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton’s decision to go on the record about his departure from Facebook, and his stated belief that in selling his messaging company to the Menlo Park behemoth he betrayed his users in the process.
“I sold my users’ privacy to a larger benefit,” Acton told Forbes. “I made a choice and a compromise. And I live with that every day.” Read more…
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View More Facebook exec blasts WhatsApp founder for being ‘low-class’WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, says Facebook used him to get its acquisition past EU regulators
WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, who left Facebook a year ago — before going on to publicly bite the hand that fed him, by voicing support for the #DeleteFacebook movement (and donating $50M to alternative encrypted messaging app, Signal) — has delved into the ethics clash behind his acrimonious departure in an interview with Forbes. And for leaving a cool […]
View More WhatsApp founder, Brian Acton, says Facebook used him to get its acquisition past EU regulatorsFacebook’s plan to let companies it buys live independently has failed
Mark Zuckerberg was quick to realize that Facebook, the largest social network in the world, doesn’t have a monopoly on all users nor can it bank on holding its position as top dog forever. Thus he instituted a policy of buying up promising rivals and integrating them into the Facebook ‘group’ in a strategy designed […]
View More Facebook’s plan to let companies it buys live independently has failedWhatsApp now allows group voice and video calls between up to 4 people
WhatsApp has added a much-requested new feature after it began to allow users to make group voice and video calls. It’s been just over three years since the company, which is owned by Facebook, introduced voice calls and later a video option one year later. Today, WhatsApp counts over 1.5 billion monthly users and it says […]
View More WhatsApp now allows group voice and video calls between up to 4 peopleAfter selling his company to Facebook for $19B, Brian Acton joins #deleteFacebook
Brian Acton, the co-founder of messaging service WhatsApp (which Facebook bought in 2014 for $19 billion), is now joining the chorus of the #deletefacebook movement. It is time. #deletefacebook — Brian Acton (@brianacton) March 20, 2018 A tipster alerted us to the fact that Acton made the same call… on Facebook… as well. Since the […]
View More After selling his company to Facebook for $19B, Brian Acton joins #deleteFacebook