Facebook users were complaining about an issue where random comments about celebrity pages were appearing in their own feed.
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Facebook parent Meta confirmed a problem with the company’s feed on Wednesday, after numerous users reported problems with spam from celebrity sites.
“We are aware that some people are having issues with their Facebook feed. We are working to get things back to normal as soon as possible and we apologize for any inconvenience,” a Meta spokesperson told CNBC.
In an updated statement, a meta spokesperson said a “configuration change has caused some people to experience issues with their Facebook feed.” The spokesman added that the issues have been resolved.
Downdetector, a service that allows users to log website problems and outages, has had thousands of reports of problems with Facebook, with 81% of the complaints relating to the feed.
A number of users commenting on Downdetector and Twitter reported an issue where they were seeing comments posted by random people on celebrity accounts appearing on their own feed. CNBC also witnessed the issue when it checked the feed on Wednesday.
The Facebook feed is the main stream of posts from people you follow.
Meta’s properties last had major problems in October when users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger for several hours. This was caused by backend changes that created “issues” that disrupted the flow of traffic between routers in Facebook’s data centers around the world, Facebook said.
The social media giant didn’t elaborate on the reason for the latest glitch.