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Facebook's Big Growth Is Slowing, Sending Its Stock Tumbling

Facebook's stock dropped nearly 20 percent — the day after reporting that its user growth has stalled and that it expects revenue growth to slow for the rest of the year.
Facebook shares tumbled Thursday after it announced a slowdown in user growth and projected that its revenue growth would decelerate for the rest of 2018.

A data-sharing scandal and privacy concerns appear to be taking a toll on Facebook.

Its stock dropped nearly 20 percent as of Thursday afternoon — a day

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