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WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, that called on individuals to delete Facebook last March at the elevation of the social networks titan's information breach scandal, called himself a "sellout" today for accepting Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's $22 billion deal to acquire his business in 2014.

" I offered my individuals' privacy to a bigger advantage," Acton said in an interview with Forbes released Wednesday. "I decided and a compromise. And I cope with that every day."

Acton, that co-founded the messaging service along with Jan Koum, suddenly left Facebook in September 2017 under vague circumstances. The decision price Acton concerning $850 million of Facebook supply options that had not vested at the time of his exit.

Koum also left Facebook earlier this year amid supposed conflicts over Facebook's cybersecurity techniques and plans for WhatsApp. The founders of Instagram, which is likewise owned by Facebook, left the firm today over supposedly differing visions for the photo-sharing application.

Acton claimed he decided not to pursue a negotiation with Facebook partly because the social networks titan asked him to authorize a nondisclosure arrangement during preliminary arrangements.

Facebook got prevalent criticism last March after numerous reports disclosed the personal information of as lots of as 87 million individuals was exposed without authorization by Cambridge Analytica, a British data analytics company that was active during the 2016 election cycle. The discovery led Legislative leaders to contact Zuckerberg and Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to address inquiries regarding the website's data techniques at a collection of public hearings.

Hrs after the Cambridge Analytica data breach came to be open secret, Acton composed on Twitter that "it is time" to delete Facebook, the business that made him a billionaire.

Acton told Forbes that his decision to leave Facebook came amidst clashes with the company's management, including Zuckerberg, about just how to monetize WhatsApp. Facebook authorities purportedly pressed for WhatsApp to add targeted advertising to expand earnings.

The WhatsApp founder additionally provided something of a defense of the social networks giant, noting that Facebook "isn't the crook."

"I consider them as just excellent businessmen," he claimed.

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