Recently, a claim from netizens Facebookbecause this send friend request automatically.
The network, which has more than 2,960 million users and positions itself as the leader of social networks, according to ‘Statista’ consultancy, warned on May 15 that the app is presenting problems due to an ongoing update.
Despite its normal operation, Internet users noticed the following when viewing another person’s profile: ‘app’ sent the friend request by itself, without asking the user if they really want to add the new contact.
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The fact that it may be advantageous for some, because the system helped them add another user they wanted to contact, but they were not encouraged.
However, there were those who saw this as a major security and privacy issue, as there were Internet users who did not visit another user’s profile to investigate activity on their walls, but instead wanted to block them, an action taken by the ‘bug’. not allow. , according to the newspaper ‘La República’.
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After complaints from internet users on other networks such as Twitter, the developers reported that the situation was the product of a product. technical error due to platform upgrade.
According to a company spokesperson, “We fixed a bug with the last app update that caused Facebook to automatically send friend requests. This issue has been discontinued and we apologize for the inconvenience.”
The social network created by is not the first time. Mark Zuckerberg , presents disadvantages; In April, an ad division bug was reported that overcharged customers and forced the company to temporarily suspend all ads.
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NATHALIA GOMEZ PARRA
DIGITAL SCOPE WRITING
TIME
Source: Exame
