Facebook Accidentally Unblocks People From Its 800,000 Users' Blocked List
While it had yet to recover from the data privacy scandal, Facebook has been hit with yet another mess. In the latest accident, social networking company has informed its 800,000 users about a bug that caused the company system to unblock some of the people they have previously blocked. The bug wreaked havoc on both the Facebook web page and Messenger app. By implication, the blocked people could now see the profiles of the users’ again and contact them by sending a friend request or a message. “Starting today, we are notifying over 800,000 users about a bug in Facebook and Messenger that unblocked some people they had blocked. "The bug was active between May 29 and June 5 — and while someone who was unblocked could not see content shared with friends, they could have seen things posted to a wider audience, “ Erin Egan, Chief Privacy Officer, Facebook, disclosed in a blog post. “For example pictures shared with friends of friends. We know that the abili...