Facebook bug sends automatic friend requests from stalkers to their targets, busted

Facebook users have deactivated their accounts after an embarrassing glitch which revealed who they had been 'stalking' on the site.

A bug sent automatic friend requests to any profile pages 'snoopers' had viewed, leaving users scrambling to cancel the requests as quickly as possible.

One user said: 'This is a cool new Facebook fact. If you check someone's Facebook that you're not friends with, it automatically sends a friend request for you. It's true because I'm now friends with my ex-husband's wife'.

Warnings about the glitch have been shared on the platform as well as on Twitter, TikTok and Instagram. However, for many it was already too late with school friends, ex-partners and colleagues bombarded with 'awkward' friend requests.

One social media user called it the 'funniest thing Facebook has ever done', while others called it 'embarrassing' and 'awkward'.

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