WhatsApp Won’t Save Facebook

WhatsApp Won’t Save Facebook
Zuckerberg’s “privacy-focused vision” for social media misses some big problems
Nithin Coca
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5 min read·
Mar 14, 2019
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Mark Zuckerberg said last week that the future of Facebook may look a little more like WhatsApp, the private messaging service his company acquired for $19 billion back in 2015.
“I believe the future of communication will increasingly shift to private…
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Written by Nithin Coca
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Global journalist covering politics, environment, human rights & the social impacts of tech for OneZero, Gizmodo, The Nation and more www.nithincoca.com/writer
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