Irate Facebook users today reported that they were unable to make posts with links to outside content.
The problems seemed to occur because of a bug in the update that Facebook rolled out today.
The bug apparently affected only those posts which contained links to the content outside of Facebook.
The bug affected Facebooks image-scraping system, which automatically pulls pictures from posted links.
The post, complete with picture, then appears friends timelines.
Users attempting to post new links were met with a security warning because of the bug.
Many posts containing links also vanished.
They took to social media and were particularly vocal about the impact on their businesses.
So some existing posts were hidden while other posts were blocked completely.
Facebook said that they have resolved the issue and the remaining affected URLs are being unblocked.
Weve resolved the issue and the remaining affected URLs are being unblocked.
We apologise for the inconvenience this has caused, Facebook stated.
source: www.techworm.net
