Anger as Facebook bug blocked pictures

Facebook has faced a backlash from users who found some posts disappeared while others couldn’t link to content outside the social network.

The problems which began on Thursday followed a software update that seems to have caused the glitch. Some users wanting to post updates containing links were mistakenly sent a warning saying they were violating the site’s security policy.

Facebook has apologised and said it is rolling out a fix for the bug.It appears the issue was with Facebook’s image-scraping tool that automatically detects pictures connected with links to content within posts. The tool is supposed to help users present links to other content with a photo from the site they are linking to. The post, complete with picture, then appears friends’ timelines.

(BBC)