Neeraj Arora, former CEO of WhatsApp, has expressed regret over the sale of the WhatsApp processor to Facebook.
Facebook bought the world’s most-used WhatsApp processor in 2014 for $ 22 billion. In this case, Neeraj Arora, who was the CEO of WhatsApp until 2018, has regretted the sale of the WhatsApp processor to Facebook. Aurora, who played a key role in the sales deal, said he and many others regret that the WhatsApp processor has become a part of Facebook.
Neeraj Arora added, “In 2012, Facebook approached us about buying WhatsApp. At first we refused. Only then did we agree to it. We made our position very clear during the negotiations regarding the sale of WhatsApp. I.e. do not exploit user data; Ads should not be displayed; Cross platform monitoring should not be done. Facebook agreed to that. But as said nothing happened. In 2018, after the details of the Facebook / Cambridge Analytica scandal came out, WhatsApp founder Brian Acton posted that it was time to delete Facebook.
Today WhatsApp is the 2nd largest platform in the meta company. First Facebook has to admit its mistakes. Initially no one knew that Facebook would become a monster. Today it is making a lot of money by stealing customer information. Meta has shattered all our dreams and policies, ”said Neeraj Arora.
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