Mark Zuckerberg Reveals That Facebook Is Building a ‘Clear History’ Feature

At launch, it will scrub information about apps, websites interacted with via the social network

Facebook’s latest olive branch to rekindle some goodwill on the privacy front is modeled after a feature found in web browsers.

CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a Facebook post Tuesday that he would introduce the social network’s new Clear History feature at its F8 annual developer conference in San Jose, Calif.

He wrote, “In your web browser, you have a simple way to clear your cookies and history. The idea is that a lot of sites need cookies to work, but you should still be able to flush your history whenever you want.

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