After the attack on the United States Capitol by the supporters of outgoing President Trump, Elon Musk had taken to twitter and made a thinly veiled attack on social networks, specifically Facebook Inc and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg, without directly naming any individual or entity.
Facebook - the owner of the rival messaging app WhatsApp - is also mired in controversy after it unveiled a new privacy policy for the latter, which comes into effect in February, reported the Verge.
The privacy policy reportedly no longer provides users the option to opt-out of data sharing with Facebook but instead outlines how WhatsApp will share data with its social networking parent.
Data to be shared includes “battery level, signal strength, app version, browser information, mobile network and connection information (including phone number, mobile operator or ISP), language and time zone, IP address, device operations information, and identifiers," reported Forbes.
The privacy policy changes are aimed at facilitating data sharing between Facebook and WhatsApp and does not effectively change consumer chats, according to a Facebook spokesperson.
However, the social media backlash has meant that WhatsApp users are opting to join Signal, an app co-founded by Brian Action, who was also a WhatsApp co-founder and has been critical of the latter’s privacy policies, as per the Verge, American technology news website.
Price Action: Tesla shares closed nearly 7.8% higher at $880.02 on Friday and fell 1.42% to $867.50 in the after-hours session. On the same day, Facebook shares closed nearly 0.4% lower at $267.57 and fell 0.14% in the after-hours session.
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