WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton left the company last year, and yesterday simply tweeted "It is time. … Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for about $22 billion, and now Acton's focus is on data protection and privacy, as he wrote last month after donating $50 million to launch the Signal foundation. …

FILE – This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows WhatsApp and Facebook app icons on a smartphone in New York. Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, said in a tweet that it is time for everyone to “#deletefacebook”. Facebook bought WhatsApp in @014 for $16 billion. By Rex Crum … Read More

However, last month, along with Moxie Marlinspike, the WhatsApp co-founder unveiled the Signal Foundation, which supports rival messaging app Signal. The company announced an initial $50 million investment from Acton, who claims the foundation's goal is to create “open source privacy technology … Read More

The message comes at a time when Facebook is under scrutiny for alleged personal data misuse. Facebook bought WhatsApp for $19 billion in 2014, making Acton a billionaire. Brian Acton, one of the co-founders of WhatsApp, has taken to Twitter to call for people to abandon the world's largest social … …

Now we have WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton taking to Twitter of all social networking platforms tweeting: "It's time. #deletefacebook". Both Acton and WhatsApp have declined to comment reports The Verge, and remember… Facebook acquired WhatsApp in 2014 for a huge $16 billion. Acton is now … Read More

While most are positive, some have pointed out that he profited personally from selling WhatsApp to Facebook in 2014 (the total transaction value was $19 billion, although what Acton received would have been a fraction of that). Following the sale, he stayed with Facebook as part of WhatsApp for a … …

On top of that, there's a #DeleteFacebook hashtag on Twitter that keeps trending, as more people delete their Facebook accounts in response to the huge user privacy breach exposed by Wylie. Brian Acton, WhatsApp co-founder, Facebook-made billionaire, and now Signal investor, is also supporting … Read More

WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has become the latest high profile figure to throw his name behind the #DeleteFacebook movement currently going viral on Twitter Inc.'s (TWTR) website. People across social media have been urging Facebook Inc. (FB) users to delete their accounts in the wake of … Read More

The backlash against Facebook over its handling of personal data has seen a co-founder of WhatsApp appear to back calls for users to delete their profiles. Brian Acton tweeted: 'It is time. #deletefacebook' as the hashtag trended amid growing outrage over the social media giant's links to controversial … Read More

When WhatsApp was founded back in 2009, the creators had no idea that someday it would become the world's most popular messaging app. The growing popularity and user base of WhatsApp became a menace for Facebook, which hoarded its plans to combat it with its new messaging app called … Read …