Technology
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The popular social media platform Facebook has been experiencing a technical issue since this morning in its mobile application, where it automatically sends friend requests to people whose profiles are visited.
As soon as anyone visits a user's profile via the Facebook application on smartphones, an instant message is sent to the visitor informing them that the profile owner has sent a friend request. Although these requests cannot be processed, this issue presents an opportunity to identify those who are following users' profiles.
So far, Meta, the owner of Facebook, has not commented on this matter, whether it is related to a technical problem or a new update to the application.
This issue comes at a time when users are trying to secure their privacy on social media sites and different applications, and this loophole could be exploited by some to monitor those who visit their profiles. It is expected that the company will work to fix this issue as soon as possible to ensure the privacy of its users.
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This problem that affected the Facebook application is also among the problems that constantly affect other Meta company applications, such as WhatsApp problems and Instagram application problems. This is thanks to the Meta's Back end team of experts. Here's what Back end experts do to solve system problems:
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