The original post: /r/todayilearned by /u/Dull_View_5897 on 2025-03-12 00:49:39.

Original Title: TIL that Brian Acton, co-founder of WhatsApp, left Facebook in 2017 over a dispute on WhatsApp monetization and claims he was coached to mislead EU regulators about data merging. In 2018, he supported #DeleteFacebook, saying it was the right time as pressure mounted on the company.