Privacy Groups Ask FTC To Block Facebook Deal for WhatsApp

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“It seems Mark Zuckerberg can’t buy a bag of groceries these days without raising concerns from privacy activists. But the Facebook founder’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of WhatsApp, which allows more than 400 million people to exchange messages and photos, is of so much concern to the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the Center for Digital Democracy that the non-profit groups want the government to intervene. A complaint filed Thursday with the Federal Trade Commission by the two organizations, which we reviewed online, notes that WhatsApp built its reputation and its user base on a commitment not to collect user data for advertising revenue”