The founders of Instagram are leaving Facebook Inc. after growing tensions with chief executive officer Mark Zuckerberg over the direction of the photo-sharing app, people familiar with the matter said. For years, Systrom and Krieger were able to amicably resist certain Facebook product initiatives that they felt went against their vision, while leaning on Facebook for resources, infrastructure and engineering talent. The founders confirmed their decision in a blog post, although Facebook didn’t have a comment on the tension. Facebook users also have been flocking to Instagram as an escape, tired of the political bickering and privacy scandals that plague the parent company. The departure of Instagram’s founders comes just weeks after Facebook decided to bring the photo app’s chief operating officer, Marne Levine, back to Facebook to become its global head of business development.

Source: thestar September 25, 2018 15:22 UTC