Like every other WhatsApp feature, whenever the description will be added or changed, everyone in the group will be notified. The second feature allows users to search for participants in a group. This will allow users to search particularly large groups with lots of participants in them. The third and …

The voices calling the people to delete Facebook are gaining traction. In a tweet on Tuesday, even WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton told everyone to delete their social networking account from their digital life. It's worth noting that Acton sold his company for $19 billion to Facebook in 2014. For those … …

WhatsApp Messenger, with its 1.5 billion monthly active users, was acquired by Facebook back in 2014 at a whopping $16 billion. The deal was a marquee payday for WhatsApp Co-founders Brian Acton and Jan Koum and also went down as one of the biggest in tech history at the time. …

Building up on the backlash against Facebook after Cambridge Analytica data scandal, WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton has called out people to delete Facebook. Acton's reaction was in support of a Twitter campaign started by few media outlets. “It is time,” Acton tweeted, followed by hashtag … Read More

A "#deletefacebook" hashtag has proliferated on social media sites amid reports that a political advisory firm for the Trump campaign harvested the personal information of millions of [entity display="Facebook" type="organization" subtype="company" active="true" activated="true" deactivated="false" … Read More

Many people have turned against Facebook after the recent revelation that data of 50M Facebook users was breached in the US Presidential Election, this data played an important role in the outcome of the election. The most recent of the lot who has turned against Facebook is WhatsApp cofounder, … Read …

As Facebook faces fallout from a major scandal involving the use of its data by Cambridge Analytica, a British firm that profiled and targeted voters for the Trump campaign, public figures in the tech industry are speaking out against the social network. Chief among them is one of the biggest …

In a tweet on Tuesday, Acton joined the chorus of voices calling on people to delete the social network. His advice to users to stop using the service is notable because WhatsApp is owned by Facebook. The social network acquired his company for $19 billion in 2014. The "delete Facebook" …

Facebook continued to find itself under pressure late Tuesday following revelations that Trump campaign-linked Cambridge Analytica had accessed data from 50 million users without their consent. The company said in a statement that it was “deceived,” but at least one class action lawsuit alleged that … Read More

Acton and business partner Jan Koum, former Yahoo employees, founded WhatsApp in 2009. The messaging app, one of the most popular apps in the world, allows users to place phone calls, and send and receive messages free over the internet. Facebook purchased the app in 2014 in a deal of …