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- In the midst of a growing scandal, #DeleteFacebook continues trending on Twitter.
- On Tuesday night, former Facebook executive and WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton added fuel to the already roaring fire. “It is time. #deletefacebook” he wrote.
- Acton’s tweet is the latest example of a growing pushback against Facebook, the largest social network in the world.
Pushback against the world’s largest social network, Facebook, is growing.
A hashtag — #DeleteFacebook — is trending. Lawmakers are investigating the company. Major execs like CEO Mark Zuckerberg and COO Sheryl Sandberg are pulling all-nighters trying to get ahead of the controversy. And, like the hashtag suggests, people are deleting their Facebook accounts.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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- Facebook can still track you even if you delete your account — here’s how to stop it
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- Mark Zuckerberg is acting like a man who can’t be fired — and the unique way his stock is structured could be why
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