Facebook logo is pictured on a laptop screen in Moscow on August 26, 2021. - Russia has fined Facebook, Twitter and WhatsApp for failing to store the data of Russian users on local servers, the ...

Update #2, 12 May, 2023 (01:44 PM ET): Meta has responded with the following official statement: ““We fixed a bug related to a recent app update that caused some Facebook friend requests to be sent ...

Meta, Facebook's parent company, apologized and said the glitch was corrected. On May 12, 2023, claims began to spread across social media platforms that Facebook would send someone a friend request ...

Facebook Fixes Bug That Sent Friend Requests If You Looked at a Profile Facebook apologizes after a bug saw the social network send automatic friend requests to profiles that users viewed. Some people ...

Meta has patched a Facebook bug that saw the social network send automatic friend requests when users would visit any profile. In a statement the company shared with The Daily Beast on Friday, Meta ...

As of early 2026, Facebook has refined its privacy architecture around friend requests, responding to growing concerns over spam, data scraping, and unwanted digital access. The platform now ...

Learn to track unanswered friend requests on desktop and app, with tips to cancel unwanted requests Reviewed by Jon Fisher ...

Lurkers beware — a Facebook glitch sent automatic friend requests to profiles that users clicked on. The glitch occurred as a result of an update to the Facebook app. While the bug was fixed, people ...