Facebook Revenue Falls Short of Expectations

Results suggest the social-media site felt the effects of a series of recent controversies

Facebook Inc. may not be totally immune from controversy after all.

The social-media titan, which has thus far shown few effects from the negative headlines in recent months, reported weaker-than-expected revenue growth for the second quarter and warned about slowing sales growth in the future, sending its stock price sliding in after-hours trading.

Facebook...