Instagram might want to unfriend Facebook

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Instagram logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.

Silhouettes of mobile users are seen next to a screen projection of Instagram logo in this picture illustration taken March 28, 2018.

Source: REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

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Mark Zuckerberg snapped up the photo-sharing site for $1 bln in 2012. The savvy purchase could now be worth more than 80 times as much, Breakingviews estimates. But Facebook’s data fiascos are becoming a liability. Setting Instagram free could maximize its value.

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