Former WhatsApp executive Neeraj Arora regrets Facebook's $22-bn deal

Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp in 2014 was one of the biggest deals in the technology industry

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Former business officer of WhatsApp Neeraj Arora has expressed regret over the Deal

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negotiated between the instant messaging platform and the social media giant Meta

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Narrating how Facebook (now Meta) had promised the founders -- Jan Koum, Brian Acton

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he said, "As we began talking through the acquisition, and made our stance very clear

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FB and their management agreed and we thought they believed in our mission. Of course, that’s not what happened," Arora said.

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