Not that I deserve a gold medal, but I deleted my Facebook and Instagram accounts years ago.

They are not cute.įor the past decade – first running a tech-based non-profit and then as a reporter covering the industry – I have grown increasingly distrustful of Mr Zuckerberg’s social media empire. The only thing we have seen so far is a simple “We’re sorry”, posted by Facebook’s official account, ironically, on Twitter.īut we ought to be past the point of dry apologies.

An executive few have heard of may be fired, the stock price will fall for a time, but not much else will happen. To give just one example, reports have already emerged telling how vulnerable Afghans trying to escape the Taliban were unable to reach those trying to co-ordinate their rescue, causing potentially dangerous delays.īut Facebook, the company founded by Mark Zuckerberg that owns WhatsApp, is unlikely to see much in the way of lasting consequences. We still don’t know the full extent of the consequences of WhatsApp going dark, but we will come to know, I’m sure, that they were many. It is not an entirely trivial comparison.

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