A FACEBOOK glitch has left social media snoopers red faced after friend requests were unexpectedly sent to profiles they’d viewed.
Many use Facebook to keep up with friends and family, but it can also be a way to check in on those who are not in your life anymore, such as a ex or old school mate.
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Usually this goes undetected.
But a bug at the social media platform has exposed snoopers.
It was triggered by the app’s most recent update, which Facebook has apologised for.
“THERES A FACEBOOK GLITCH DONT FACEBOOK STALK ANYONE IT SENDS THEM A FRIEND REQUEST,” one social media user tweeted.
A fellow – now red-faced – Facebook user replied, saying: “Too sodding late. I can’t show my face ever again.”
In a message to users, Facebook said it had fixed an issue that caused some friends requests to be sent by mistake.
“We apologise and have cancelled any requests that were because of this error,” it said.
Although the glitch has been fixed, some Facebook users got a good laugh out of it.
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Commenting under news of the glitch on Twitter, another Facebook user said: “My ex from seven years ago sent me a request today and I’m like ‘you been hacked???’
“And he denied adding me and then I see this pahahahahahahahha.”
The Meta-owned social media giant has urged users to review pending friend requests in their activity log.
To see if you’ve also been spied on by someone you know, simply head to facebook.com/friends.
From there, click ‘Friend Requests’ in the left-hand tab followed by ‘View send requests’ to review the pending requests.
However, some users have noted on social media that unwanted friend requests have since disappeared – so it may be too late to catch any of your own profile snoopers.
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