Executive: Facebook bug causes legitimate coronavirus posts to be marked as spam

Facebook users shared screenshots with Reuters of notifications they had received saying articles from prominent news organisations including Axios and The Atlantic had violated the company's community guidelines. — Reuters

SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook's head of safety said on Tuesday a bug was responsible for posts on topics including coronavirus being erroneously marked as spam, prompting widespread complaints from users of both its flagship app and photo-sharing app Instagram.

"This is a bug in an anti-spam system, unrelated to any change in our content moderator workforce," Guy Rosen, Facebook's vice president for integrity, said on Twitter.