![]() ![]() ![]() Facebook declined to comment on whether Koum would retain his board seat. Koum has remained in charge of WhatsApp following the acquisition, and also has a seat on the Facebook board of directors - a seat he would give up on his departure from the company, according to the Post report. The reason for Koum's departure, according to the Washington Post report: Facebook executives wanted to weaken the encryption of messages on WhatsApp, and is also said to have wanted to begin collecting its users' information. Acton left Facebook in 2017, and has since become a champion for encrypted messaging app Signal, going so far as to promote the #DeleteFacebook movement. Koum became a billionaire when he and WhatsApp cofounder Brian Acton sold the popular messaging app to Facebook for $19 billion in 2014. Word of Koum's departure comes the day before Facebook's annual F8 developer conference in San Jose is slated to begin. The news was first reported by the Washington Post on Monday afternoon, before Koum himself confirmed it shortly after. ![]() "I'm taking some time off to do things I enjoy outside of technology, such as collecting rare air-cooled Porsches, working on my cars and playing ultimate frisbee," writes Koum. WhatsApp cofounder Jan Koum is leaving Facebook, he said in a post to his personal account on Monday. The Washington Post reports that Facebook has been pushing to weaken WhatsApp encryption and collect users' personal information - moves that caused friction between Koum and other executives.Koum became a billionaire when he and cofounder Brian Acton sold WhatsApp to Facebook for $19 billion in 2014.Jan Koum is leaving Facebook, he has confirmed in a post.Account icon An icon in the shape of a person's head and shoulders. ![]()
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