One WhatsApp founder says you should delete Facebook. The other uses it to share pro-Trump stories

One WhatsApp founder says you should delete Facebook. The other uses it to share pro-Trump stories

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https://qz.com/1234223/whatsapp-co-founder-jan-koum-uses-facebook-to-share-pro-trump-stories/

WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014. One of the men who founded the chat app, Brian Acton, generated headlines by calling for people to #DeleteFacebook following news of the unauthorized use of 50 million users’ personal data by Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm that claims credit for Donald Trump’s election victory.

But Acton’s WhatsApp co-founder, Jan Koum, seems to have no qualms using his Facebook account.

One WhatsApp founder says you should delete Facebook. The other uses it to share pro-Trump stories

Mar 21, 2018, 12:16pm UTC
https://qz.com/1234223/whatsapp-co-founder-jan-koum-uses-facebook-to-share-pro-trump-stories/ >WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook for $19 billion in 2014. One of the men who founded the chat app, Brian Acton, generated headlines by calling for people to #DeleteFacebook following news of the unauthorized use of 50 million users’ personal data by Cambridge Analytica, a consulting firm that claims credit for Donald Trump’s election victory. >But Acton’s WhatsApp co-founder, Jan Koum, seems to have no qualms using his Facebook account.