21 MAR

The billionaire cofounder of WhatsApp, which Facebook acquired for $19 billion, just tweeted ‘#deletefacebook’ (FB)

REUTERS/Mike Blake

WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton jumped on the #deletefacebook trend Tuesday.
The hashtag formed amidst claims that Facebook allowed data analytics company Cambridge Analytica to collect data from Facebook users’ profiles.
Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $ 19 billion in February 2014.

Brian Acton, the cofounder of the messaging company Facebook paid $ 19 billion to acquire four years ago, tweeted on Tuesday that he believed it was time to stop using Facebook.

“It is time. #deletefacebook”, Acton said in a short tweet, without elaborating.

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