Facebook Defends Data Sharing With WhatsApp • Channels Television
Tech giant, Facebook has defended its proposed data sharing scheme with messaging application, WhatsApp.The Director of Global Products Partnership at Facebook, Mr Ime Archibong, explained the reasons for the policy on Wednesday in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria."One of the policy changes that we made recently was all about trying to make sure we could unlock the business user connections that already exist," he said.
How to Stop WhatsApp from Sharing Your Details with Facebook
WhatsApp made an announcement recently about sharing certain data with Facebook, its parent company.This is being done to make both your personal and professional life simpler and easier.On the personal front, this sharing helps in finding your friends more easily on Facebook.
WhatsApp founder Jan Koum sold $2.8 billion of Facebook stock in 2016
WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum, who sold his company to Facebook in 2014, has been unloading Facebook stock at a steady clip under a prescheduled trading plan, with new sales several times a month, since February 2016.So Business Insider asked Equilar, a company that specializes in analyzing executive compensation and corporate data, to help us examine all the Securities and Exchange Commission filings related to Koum's sales for 2016.It turns out he's sold more than 22 million shares worth roughly $2.8 billion since January.
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