Meta Issues Mea Culpa Over Facebook Friend Request Glitch

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Facebook’s parent company told The Daily Beast it had now fixed a bug that was sending friend requests to every profile that users viewed.

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Published May 12 2023 12:30PM EDT

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Meta has apologized for a glitch that Facebook users said sent automatic friend requests to any profile they viewed.

“We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent mistakenly,” a spokesperson for Meta told The Daily Beast Friday.

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Meta Issues Mea Culpa Over Facebook Friend Request Glitch

Facebook’s parent company told The Daily Beast it had now fixed a bug that was sending friend requests to every profile that users viewed.

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Decca Muldowney