So let’s go back to 2014. Yes, a lot of things happened on the IT support and computer repair front. But one event was Facebook acquiring What’s App for $22 billion. Brian Acton founded What’s App. But now, Brian Acton tweets ‘Delete Facebook’.
However, there is more to the story. Because there is the Cambridge Analytica scandal. Many media reports say this London research firm got over 50 million Facebooks accounts. They got them without permission or approval from any of the Facebook users. Also, to this day, many still blame the fake news on Facebook for Donald Trump’s election win back in November 2016.
So yesterday, Brian Acton tweeted this to the whole world: It’s time. #deleteFacebook#. Acton is now a data and privacy rights advocate. In fact, Acton left team Facebook in 2017 to start his own non-profit. He named it Signal. It is an alternative to What’s App and it ensures better privacy when sending messages. Acton believes Signal’s purpose is to build technology that doesn’t sell, give, or compromise personal data. Acton isn’t the only one who is turning on Facebook right now. In recent days, their stock prices plummeted. It’s making some ground today, but we’ll see. However, another former Facebook leader said they created a monster, and now that monster is messing up society. That was basically his drift.? Some other former employees publicly regret even working for Facebook.
But let’s get back to Brian Acton. Why is he saying and doing this? I don’t know. I tried to look for motive. Maybe he really does believe Facebook is playing with people’s freedoms and privacy and personal data. If that’s the case, then he would have a valid point. Is he concerned about Cambridge Analytica? Because frankly, so am I. Is he still ticked about 2016’s election? Or is he still upset about be being bought out?