“Thanks to the team’s relentless focus on building valuable features, WhatsApp is now an important part of over a billion people’s lives, and we’re excited about what the future holds,” says a Facebook spokesperson. “That was part of the reason that I got sort of cold feet in terms of trying to settle with these guys.”įacebook is probably the most scrutinized company on the planet, while simultaneously controlling its image and internal information with a Kremlin-like ferocity.

“As part of a proposed settlement at the end, tried to put a nondisclosure agreement in place,” Acton says. He clearly doesn’t relish the spotlight this story will bring and is quick to underscore that Facebook “isn’t the bad guy.” (“I think of them as just very good businesspeople.”) But he paid dearly for the right to speak his mind. It was among the latest episodes highlighting concerns over the tech giant's privacy and data protection policies.He’s following a similar moral code now. The update was supposed to allow additional sharing of information from WhatsApp with Facebook and its other applications such as Instagram and Messenger, such as contacts and profile data, but not the content of messages which remain encrypted. However, WhatsApp had received backlash after it forced users to accept new terms of sharing data with Facebook.Īs a result of the flap over its privacy policy, described by Facebook as a misunderstanding about efforts to bring businesses onto the platform, it had to retreat and delay it. Users prefer WhatsApp over Snapchat because it is available on a personal computer, does not have advertisements, can be personalised, and supports more languages. The company has also been adding new features on its messaging app to attract more users.

Snapchat, known for its Stories feature that lets users post updates that disappear after 24 hours, has grown in popularity last year as pandemic-induced curbs kept users at home.

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