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WhatsApp co-founder Brian Acton, who got in touch with customers to delete Facebook last March at the height of the social networks titan's information violation scandal, called himself a "sellout" today for approving Facebook Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg's $22 billion offer to buy his business in 2014.

" I sold my customers' privacy to a bigger advantage," Acton said in an interview with Forbes published Wednesday. "I decided as well as a concession. As well as I deal with that everyday."

Acton, that co-founded the messaging solution alongside Jan Koum, suddenly left Facebook in September 2017 under unclear scenarios. The decision cost Acton about $850 countless Facebook stock options that had not vested at the time of his leave.

Koum also left Facebook earlier this year amidst supposed disputes over Facebook's cybersecurity practices and also prepare for WhatsApp. The founders of Instagram, which is also owned by Facebook, left the business today over purportedly varying visions for the photo-sharing app.

Acton claimed he opted not to seek a settlement with Facebook partially since the social media giant asked him to sign a nondisclosure arrangement throughout preliminary negotiations.

Facebook received widespread criticism last March after multiple records revealed the personal data of as numerous as 87 million users was revealed without approval by Cambridge Analytica, a British data analytics company that was active during the 2016 political election cycle. The discovery led Legislative leaders to call on Zuckerberg as well as Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg to respond to questions regarding the website's data methods at a series of public hearings.

Hrs after the Cambridge Analytica information breach came to be public knowledge, Acton composed on Twitter that "it is time" to remove Facebook, the company that made him a billionaire.

Acton informed Forbes that his decision to leave Facebook came amid clashes with the firm's management, including Zuckerberg, regarding exactly how to monetize WhatsApp. Facebook officials allegedly pressed for WhatsApp to include targeted marketing to expand income.

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

"I think of them as just very good businessmen," he claimed.

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