Apple iPhone privacy update seen hurting Facebook revenue in second-quarter


FILE PHOTO People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29 2014. REUTERSDado Ruvic

FILE PHOTO: People are silhouetted as they pose with laptops in front of a screen projected with a Facebook logo, in this picture illustration taken in Zenica October 29, 2014. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic

(Reuters) - When Facebook Inc reports first quarter earnings on Wednesday, investors will be preoccupied with how a new pop-up privacy notification on Apple's iPhones will affect the second quarter.

A full-screen notification will begin to appear on iPhone apps on Monday that will ask users if they consent to being tracked "across apps and websites owned by other companies” for advertising purposes.

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