— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018
Why Did Musk Remove Tesla and SpaceX’s Facebook page?
On March 21st, Brian Acton (WhatsApp Co-founder) tweeted out “It is time. #deletefacebook”. The tweet went viral with around 13.5K likes and 30K retweets on Twitter. Many people responded positively to his hashtag delete facebook campaign but musk annoyingly replied: “What’s Facebook?”.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018 After the reply, one of his followers asked him to delete SpaceX facebook page to which he replied he didn’t realize there was one and he’ll delete it. When he was asked if he’d delete the Tesla page as well, Musk replied: “Definitely. Looks lame anyway.”
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018 It didn’t stop there, Martina Pennisi asked if musk will delete the Instagram account as well (Instagram is a Facebook-owned company). But Strangely, Musk replied: “it’s probably ok imo, so long as it stays fairly independent”.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) March 23, 2018 It’s clear that musk was never impressed by Zuckerberg’s company and his ideas. Remember, last year when Zuck said that Musk over-hypes the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. To which Musk responded by tweeting that Zuckerberg’s “understanding of the subject is limited.”
But, Why #deletefacebook?
The hashtag gained popularity after Facebook upset users by mishandling their data, which ended up in the hands of Cambridge Analytica, a data firm which had tied with President Donald Trump’s 2016 campaign. It is accused of accessing 50 million Facebook user’s information without their knowledge. Mark Zuckerberg apologized for the issue via a Facebook post and a CNN Interview
How will it affect Facebook?
It’s not a first time when Facebook is being accused of mishandling user data. The social media giant is known for such behavior. This time many big companies are protesting against the Facebook in some way. It is clear that Facebook isn’t going to get away with this so easily.
