Facebook acquired WhatsApp back in February 2014 and paid a princely sum for it, US$19 billion. As most well know, previously, Facebook owned and had integrated Messenger into Facebook. Using Facebook Messenger was a license for Facebook to reap data and private thoughts. Back in 2013, it was clear that WhatsApp was heavily outperforming Facebook Messenger and, clearly, for Facebook, opportunities for data reaping were being lost. Facebook’s acquisition of WhatsApp sent out a few red warning flags concerning personal privacy.
Censorship: Transparency versus Ethics
By Andrew Field - Follow on Twitter Last week a controversy exploded in the South African media concerning the alleged muzzling of the press by a high flying politician with an apparently shady background involving arms deals corruption. In Zimbabwe, a partisan police force invaded the offices of a local weekly newspaper looking for evidence … Continue reading Censorship: Transparency versus Ethics
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