Facebook sends automatic friend: Recently, social media was full of users complaining about Facebook sending requests to random users on their behalf. The glitch was being widely reported on Twitter, with people sharing screenshots and videos of what was going on. Turns out that it was a bug on Meta’s behalf and the company took due notice of the same. In a statement, Meta apologised for the inconvenience that the bug might have caused to users and said that the bug had been resolved.
On Friday, a number of Twitter users complained that Facebook was sending out requests to the profiles they had visited. While some users were concerned about their privacy, others joked about it. As per reports, the bug was reported by users from Bangladesh, Philippines, and Sri Lanka.
The company was quick to take note of the glitch and apologised for the same, saying that it had been fixed. The tech giant shared a statement with The Daily Beast that read, “We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent mistakenly,” a Meta spokesperson told the outlet. “We’ve stopped this from happening and we apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused.
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