(FILES) This file photo taken on December 4, 2017 shows a mousepad with the Facebook logo at Facebook's headquarters,in London. Shares of Facebook tumbled on january 12, 2018 after it announced an overhaul of its newsfeed, while US stocks added to records following data showing higher retail sales in December. About 12 minutes into trading, the Dow Jones Industrial Average was at 25,675.70, up 0.4 percent. / AFP PHOTO / Daniel LEAL-OLIVAS
SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook acknowledged a software glitch that changed the settings of some 14 million users, potentially making some posts public even if they were intended to be private.
The news marked the latest in a series of privacy embarrassments for the world’s biggest social network, which has faced a firestorm over the hijacking of personal data on tens of millions of users and more recently for disclosures on data-sharing deals with smartphone makers.
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