Mark Zuckerberg plans to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger: Report

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg is looking to merge WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger, according to a new report in New York Times. On face of it, move is focused towards building “ best messaging experiences,” by bringing toger three of world’s largest messaging networks, but re’s more to it than what meets eye. As is with all things Facebook, move is likely to have global repercussions, both positive and negative, at a time when social media giant is reeling under pressure over a string of privacy scandals.     

“We want to build best messaging experiences we can; and people want messaging to be fast, simple, reliable and private,” a Facebook spokesperson said in a statement. 

planned integration will basically allow users of WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger, to chat with one or, and will require Facebook to rebuild underlying infrastructure of se services for seamless cross-platform interactions. More importantly, it will require Facebook engineers to d end-to-end encryption to Instagram Direct and Messenger. Although WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are all owned by Facebook, it is only WhatsApp that supports end-to-end encryption for w. End-to-end encryption means only recipient can re your chats.  

“We’re working on making more of our messaging products end-to-end encrypted and considering ways to make it easier to reach friends and family across networks. As you would expect, re is a lot of discussion and debate as we begin long process of figuring out all details of how this will work.” 

se are dark times for Facebook, with both its reputation and profits at stake. While a merger of this scale is expected to send a mess underscoring Zuckerberg’s unflinching control over Facebook’s sprawling divisions (at a time when major Facebook investors want him out as chairman) while ensuring users it is serious about ir privacy (by bringing end-to-end encryption to more of its services), pulling it off won’t be easy. While WhatsApp requires just a mobile number from users, Instagram and Messenger require more personal details, to sign up.

re is word on how Facebook plans on going about making se changes. Or better still, how it plans to go about selling idea to users. report suggests WhatsApp and Instagram will continue to operate as stand-alone services but that's same thing Zuckerberg h said while acquiring se companies, promising complete automy.

n re is monetary aspect. re is word on how and when Facebook plans to start making money out of all this. “A more engd audience could result in new forms of vertising or or services for which Facebook could charge a fee,” report ds.  

merger may alrey be in works, if report is anything to go by, “with a goal of completion by end of this year or early 2020.”

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