Facebook’s launch of ‘clear history’ feature this year will crimp ad growth, CFO says

The ruling said Facebook should have to get permission separately before using customer data from other apps and websites to do so.

LOS ANGELES: For Facebook, giving its 2.32 billion monthly users the ability to clear out their digital history – something the company plans to launch in 2019 – is going to hurt the social-media colossus’ business, according to a top Facebook exec. 

“Privacy is a headwind for us in 2019,” CFO David Wehner said, speaking at the Morgan Stanley 2019 Technology, Media & Telecom Conference on Tuesday in San Francisco.