Facebook to launch its Clear History tool later this year -- to the joy of privacy advocates and the pain of advertisers

Facebook is no stranger to privacy-related controversy, and to try to counter some of this the social network announced in the middle of last year that it planned to give users a "clear history" feature. Although first talked about in May, no progress has been visible on this front, but Facebook's CFO, David Wehner, has now said that the feature will be launching later this year. This is good news for users, but bad news for advertisers. Facebook says that the feature will make it harder to target ads. See also: Privacy: Facebook closes controversial Onavo VPN and ceases user… [Continue Reading]