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Facebook Glitch Incorrectly Marked Some Coronavirus Posts as ‘Spam’
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variety.comFacebook has vowed to crack down on misinformation, particularly related to the current coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic, but its filtering systems may have overcorrected — and blocked legitimate posts.
On Tuesday, Facebook users began noticing the issue and posted examples on Twitter of the social service flagging their posts as spam when they tried to share links to articles about the coronavirus outbreak from publications including The Atlantic, USA Today, Seattle Times, BuzzFeed and Dallas Morning News.
In a statement Tuesday, Facebook VP for integrity Guy Rosen said the problem was due to a bug in the company’s spam-flagging system and that the glitch had been fixed. “We’ve restored all the posts that were incorrectly removed, which
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