MARK ZUCKERBERG and his company have been plagued over the past few years by a series of scandals prompting critics to urge users to “delete Facebook.” Now, Facebook has an answer: It will delete itself. The idea is to start with end-to-end encrypted messaging by merging communications across Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, and then to build on top of that whatever services the company can include. But the platform is also moving away from what makes it Facebook because being Facebook has become too difficult. Privacy advocates demand that Facebook stay away from their information, while critics want the platform to crack down on those who have turned it dangerous. Now, if things get bad, Facebook won’t be able to see it either.

Source: Washington Post March 08, 2019 00:56 UTC