Facebook shelves controversial plan to show ads in WhatsApp
Facebook has abandoned plans to sell ads in WhatsApp, a controversial plan that forced Brian Acton and Jan Koum, WhatsApp co-founders, to quit nearly two years ago. WhatsApp was acquired by Facebook in 2014 for $19bn. WhatsApp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton publicly expressed an aversion to allowing ads on the service. In a … Read more