Following the discovery of a bug on their platform, Facebook is notifying 14 million users to review posts they have made, TechCrunch reports. The bug changed Facebook users’ privacy settings, potentially making any posts made from May 18 to May 22 public for other users to see. The social media company fixed the issue May 27. “We have fixed this issue and starting today we are letting everyone affected know and asking them to review any posts they made during that time,” Facebook Chief Privacy Officer Erin Egan wrote in a statement. “To be clear, this bug did not impact anything people had posted before.” Meanwhile, The Atlantic reports on the effects breaches such as Cambridge Analytica have had on the way people use social media.
Full Story