Facebook apologizes for the problem of automatically sending friends in bulk

Recently, Facebook apologized to users after there was an issue
that automatically sent mass friend requests.


On the evening of May 12, many Facebook users reflected on their
accounts suddenly sending friend requests in bulk, causing some
unnecessary trouble. As noted, this situation occurs mainly on
the Facebook application (phone).





Speaking to the Daily Beast, a Meta spokesperson said the issue
was related to a recent app update. "We have prevented this from
happening and apologize for any inconvenience this may have
caused."





This problem has been widely discussed on forums, social
networks... According to Downdetector, as of the evening of May
12, there were hundreds of error reports related to the Facebook
application, of which 66 % . had problems with the app, 25%
related to the website and 9% couldn't login.