But in an ironic twist, the app is poised to become a new digital haven for conservatives-just as Facebook before it. It is especially valued among journalists and activists like the ones who planned the Black Lives Matter protests. Grandly, he envisioned Signal making “private communication accessible and ubiquitous,” he told Forbes in 2018, and the app has largely lived up to his expectations. With the new funding, it wouldn’t need to cave to commercial interests and sell ads, something Acton hated about Facebook. Signal offered easy communication and secure, total anonymity.
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