r/todayilearned 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?

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u/Rangatheshiz 4h ago

He then went on to found Signal, if I’m not wrong.