Facebook bug caused users' feeds to be flooded with bizarre celebrity posts

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Facebook bug caused users' feeds to be flooded with bizarre celebrity posts
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Facebook bug caused users' feeds to be flooded with bizarre celebrity posts

The issue affected thousands of users worldwide

Facebook experienced a strange glitch on Wednesday which resulted in users' feeds being littered with posts from unknown people featuring celebrities. Many Facebook users who tried to use the pl...

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