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Facebook made some private posts public for as many as 14 million

NEW YORK — Facebook said Thursday that a software bug made some private posts public for as many as 14 million users over several days in May.The problem, which Facebook said it has fixed, is the latest privacy scandal for the world's largest social media company.It said the bug automatically suggested that users make new posts public, even if they had previously restricted posts to "friends only" or another private setting.

 

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