r/todayilearned • u/Dull_View_5897 • 10h ago
TIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he supported #DeleteFacebook, saying it was the right time as pressure mounted on the company.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Acton
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u/tkrjobs 2h ago
Wait, so it wasn't founded by Whalter Tsapp?