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A bug accidentally unblocked users on Facebook and Messenger that had already been blocked, opening the door to unwanted messages and exposing otherwise hidden messages. It has involved up to 800,000 subscribers to the platform and has been permanently resolved, as announced by the company via an official blog.
"We know that the possibility of blocking someone is important – and we would like to apologize and explain what happened," said head of privacy on Facebook Erin Egan. Block a user means that this person can no longer post any posts or start a conversation on Messenger, but the bug, active between May 29 and June 5, has allowed previously blocked people to see shared messages with a wider audience (such as those in which privacy is set to "Friends of Friends") and send messages to the user who blocked them. The error does not restore broken friendships and in most cases (83%) only unblocked someone from the list of blocked friends, the company said.
There are many reasons why people block another person on Facebook. For example, their relationship may have changed or may want to pause with someone who posts content that he finds annoying. The other reasons are more serious than bullying or bullying.
The 800,000 people in question will soon see a notification on Facebook that will encourage them to check the list of blocked users. The bug has been fixed.
Thus, for the second time in less than a month, the company headed by Mark Zuckerberg is forced to warn users that their accounts may have been affected because of a bug. Last month, Facebook had indeed confirmed that temporarily the privacy settings of 14 million subscribers had automatically switched from "Just friends" to "Public".
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