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Facebook bug deletes all the wrong coronavirus posts overnight

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Facebook says it has restored posts that were incorrectly removed.
[h=2]What you need to know[/h]
  • Facebook spent the night deleting coronavirus posts that were wrongly designated spam.
  • That's because of a bug in its anti-spam system.
  • Posts from sources such as BBC News were marked as misleading or containing false advertisement.
A bug in Facebook's anti-spam system has caused posts about the coronavirus pandemic from reputable news sources such as the BBC to be deleted overnight.
As reported by BBC News:

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