Brian Acton, one of the co-founders of WhatsApp, has urged everyone to delete their Facebook accounts. The hashtag '#DeleteFacebook' was trending on Twitter for much of yesterday, and Acton − perhaps surprisingly − voiced his support for the online movement. It isn't clear if he feels the same way … Read …

Acton is now believed to be worth $5.5 billion (£3.9 billion). The WhatsApp founder has around 21,000 followers on Twitter and it is not clear if he still has an account on Facebook. Earlier this week, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was called on to explain the company's data protection procedures …

As Facebook reels from the scandal over hijacked personal data, a movement to quit the social network has gathered momentum, getting a boost from a high-profile co-founder of the WhatsApp messaging service acquired by the huge social network in 2014. "It is time. #deletefacebook," Brian Acton said … Read More

While some may say Acton's tweet is hypocritical–after all, Facebook's purchase of WhatsApp made him a billionaire–Acton has always strongly supported user privacy, so it's no wonder this scandal has pissed him off. He never wanted WhatsApp to make money for ads, and he recently invested $50 … Read More

The co-founder of WhatsApp, who made billions from its sale to Facebook, has thrown his support behind a campaign against the U.S. social network. In the wake of the Cambridge Analytica data misuse scandal, in which 50 million user profiles from the Mark Zuckerberg-led platform were allegedly … Read More

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton had a simple message in his tweet on Tuesday: It's time to delete Facebook. Acton, who became a multi-billionaire when Facebook bought WhatsApp in 2014, tweeted the words “It is time” followed by the hashtag “#deletefacebook,” which has become popular in recent … Read More

The #DeleteFacebook movement just gained a notable supporter: Brian Acton, co-founder of Facebook-owned WhatsApp. Acton and fellow WhatsApp Co-Founder Jan Koum sold their messaging app to Facebook in 2014 for $16 billion, becoming very rich in the process. After leaving Facebook last year … Read More

First Snapchat, now Facebook? Amid criticism from users and tumbling stock, a new opponent has appeared: Brian Acton, a cofounder of messaging service WhatsApp (who made billions off of its sale to Facebook), has posted that it is time to delete the ubiquitous app from our lives, a message he … …

WhatsApp Co-Founder Brian Acton Just Burned a $16 Billion Bridge in a Single Tweet. Brian Acton of WhatsApp just burned the biggest bridge of a lifetime. By Robbie … It's what Facebook paid to acquire WhatsApp in 2014. Now, I know money doesn't buy loyalty, but for $16 billion, you'd …

WhatsApp co-founder says it's about time Facebook was deleted … WhatsApp co-founder expressed a remark on Facebook after it is revealed that the user data were misused. … WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton spoke out regarding the current Facebook crisis by asking users to delete the app. Read More