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Massive Youtube Glitch Reported In Russia, Thousands Affected
Russian internet monitoring service Sboi.rf said that there had been thousands of glitches reported about YouTube in Russia. Users said they could only access YouTube via virtual private networks (VPNs).
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Facebook Bug That Automatically Sent Friend Requests to Other Users Resolved: Report
Facebook recently fixed a glitch that automatically sent a friend request to other users, immediately upon visiting their profile, as per a report. Its parent company Meta has reportedly confirmed that it has resolved the bug and apologised for the issue.
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Facebook News Feed Broken for Hours, Spammed with Bot Posts to Celebrity Pages: Report
Celebrity pages on Facebook were seemingly spammed by bots and users which broke the News Feed for several users. Facebook blamed a configuration change for this error.
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Facebook Glitch Hits Thousands, Users' Feed Spammed With Celebrity Fan Posts
A glitch in Facebook's algorithm resulted in feeds of thousands of users across the US and UK being filled with posts sent to celebrities like Taylor Swift, Eminem, and Shakira.
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Meta's Plans to Build Dutch Data Centre Hit Political Glitch
The Dutch Senate passed a motion calling on the government to "use its powers" to temporarily block the construction of Facebook-owner Meta's planned giant data centre in the Netherlands.
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Instagram, Twitter Blame Glitches for Deleting Palestinian Posts Mentioning Eviction From East Jerusalem
Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, but data rights groups fear "discriminatory" algorithms are at work and want greater transparency.
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Facebook Glitches Allow Banned US Election Advertisements to Recirculate
Facebook acknowledged glitches in enforcing its policy on removing misleading political advertising for the US election after a report revealed banned messages were being recirculated.
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Issues With Uploading, Sending Files Across Platforms Resolved: Facebook
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved.
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Instagram Bug Briefly Showed Stories Content to Non-Followers
An Instagram Stories bug may have revealed some of your Stories to strangers. The company has fixed the glitch, but it still highlights potential privacy risks.
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Facebook Fixes Glitch That Exposed Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text to Employees
Facebook said the issue was discovered in January as part of a routine security review. Majority of the affected were users of Facebook Lite.
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Facebook Search Shows Photos of Your Female, but Not Male Friends
A weird glitch was recently discovered in Facebook’s search algorithm, which only retrieves pictures of your female friends but not your male friends.
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Facebook Warns 14 Million Users a Bug May Have Made Their Status Posts Public
The news marked the latest in a series of privacy embarrassments for the world's biggest social network.
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Facebook Admits "Bug" Exposed Private Posts Of 14 Million Users
Facebook acknowledged Thursday a software glitch that changed the settings of some 14 million users, potentially making some posts public even if they were intended to be private.
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This Facebook Glitch May Let Strangers 'Break Into' Your Account
A security researcher claims to have spotted a flaw in Facebook's account recovery feature that can let anyone easily break into your account -- that too, without you ever noticing, media reported on Friday.
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Mark Zuckerberg Among Facebook Users Mistakenly Declared 'Dead'
"For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialised profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts," a Facebook spokesperson said.
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Massive Youtube Glitch Reported In Russia, Thousands Affected
Russian internet monitoring service Sboi.rf said that there had been thousands of glitches reported about YouTube in Russia. Users said they could only access YouTube via virtual private networks (VPNs).
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Facebook Bug That Automatically Sent Friend Requests to Other Users Resolved: Report
Facebook recently fixed a glitch that automatically sent a friend request to other users, immediately upon visiting their profile, as per a report. Its parent company Meta has reportedly confirmed that it has resolved the bug and apologised for the issue.
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Facebook News Feed Broken for Hours, Spammed with Bot Posts to Celebrity Pages: Report
Celebrity pages on Facebook were seemingly spammed by bots and users which broke the News Feed for several users. Facebook blamed a configuration change for this error.
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Facebook Glitch Hits Thousands, Users' Feed Spammed With Celebrity Fan Posts
A glitch in Facebook's algorithm resulted in feeds of thousands of users across the US and UK being filled with posts sent to celebrities like Taylor Swift, Eminem, and Shakira.
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Meta's Plans to Build Dutch Data Centre Hit Political Glitch
The Dutch Senate passed a motion calling on the government to "use its powers" to temporarily block the construction of Facebook-owner Meta's planned giant data centre in the Netherlands.
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Instagram, Twitter Blame Glitches for Deleting Palestinian Posts Mentioning Eviction From East Jerusalem
Instagram and Twitter have blamed technical errors for deleting posts mentioning the possible eviction of Palestinians from East Jerusalem, but data rights groups fear "discriminatory" algorithms are at work and want greater transparency.
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Facebook Glitches Allow Banned US Election Advertisements to Recirculate
Facebook acknowledged glitches in enforcing its policy on removing misleading political advertising for the US election after a report revealed banned messages were being recirculated.
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Issues With Uploading, Sending Files Across Platforms Resolved: Facebook
Facebook Inc said on Wednesday an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved.
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Instagram Bug Briefly Showed Stories Content to Non-Followers
An Instagram Stories bug may have revealed some of your Stories to strangers. The company has fixed the glitch, but it still highlights potential privacy risks.
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Facebook Fixes Glitch That Exposed Millions of User Passwords in Plain Text to Employees
Facebook said the issue was discovered in January as part of a routine security review. Majority of the affected were users of Facebook Lite.
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Facebook Search Shows Photos of Your Female, but Not Male Friends
A weird glitch was recently discovered in Facebook’s search algorithm, which only retrieves pictures of your female friends but not your male friends.
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Facebook Warns 14 Million Users a Bug May Have Made Their Status Posts Public
The news marked the latest in a series of privacy embarrassments for the world's biggest social network.
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Facebook Admits "Bug" Exposed Private Posts Of 14 Million Users
Facebook acknowledged Thursday a software glitch that changed the settings of some 14 million users, potentially making some posts public even if they were intended to be private.
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This Facebook Glitch May Let Strangers 'Break Into' Your Account
A security researcher claims to have spotted a flaw in Facebook's account recovery feature that can let anyone easily break into your account -- that too, without you ever noticing, media reported on Friday.
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Mark Zuckerberg Among Facebook Users Mistakenly Declared 'Dead'
"For a brief period today, a message meant for memorialised profiles was mistakenly posted to other accounts," a Facebook spokesperson said.
