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By Ewan Palmer
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Thousands of Facebook users reported issues with the platform early on Wednesday, with many pointing out that their feed was showing posts from people commenting on celebrities' pages—even if they didn't follow the commenter or the celebrity.
Meta, Facebook's parent company, told Newsweek that it was aware *"*people are having trouble with their Facebook feed" but did not initially comment on what was causing the issues.
A spokesperson apologized for any inconvenience and said site engineers were "working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible."
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In a further statement to Newsweek, the spokesperson added: "Earlier today, a configuration change caused some people to have trouble with their Facebook feed. We resolved the issue as quickly as possible for everyone who was impacted, and we apologise for any inconvenience."
Facebook users used other social platforms to complain about a deluge of posts from fans of singers such as Taylor Swift, Billie Eilish and Harry Styles.
"Is anyone else's Facebook broken or have I been hacked. This is my entire feed," tweeted @chrismearle, sharing screenshots of comments on the pages of Eminem and Eilish.
"I enjoy that when one social media app is in complete disarray, I can jump onto a different one and see the chaos affecting other people in real-time," tweeted @TanookiSage.
"I don't know what's up with Facebook currently, but holy s**t is the timeline feed a disaster right now."
The phrase #FacebookHacked was one of the top trending hashtags on Twitter early on Wednesday, although there is no evidence that the issue is the result of a hack.
"Anyone else's Facebook timeline filled with random bots posting on famous people's walls? Has Facebook been hacked? #FacebookHacked," tweeted Liz Scott.
"Anyone else getting these random people sending messages to celebrities on Facebook. No Rajesh, I don't want to see your message to Ronaldo. #facebookdown #facebookhacked," wrote @FrankFraggers.
Irate Facebook users are also complaining on DownDetector.com, with thousands of people around the world reporting issues on Wednesday morning.
"Snoop Dog fans took over my feed! Now GreenDay? What the heck is happening?" one person wrote in the comments.
"The weird thing is, you don't even have to be following the celebs that are being tagged by all these ppl," Jessy Edwards posted. "I unfollowed snoop dogg, b/c at first all I was seeing was him tagged 50x or more. Still seeing him tagged."
Matt Ferner added that he was seeing the same issue as "everyone else here" in the DownDetector comments. "Famous peoples pages tagged in meme or scam posts from random users."
Update 08/24/22, 4:35 a.m. ET: This article was updated to add more information and a comment from Meta, Facebook's parent.
Update 08/24/22, 9:05 a.m. ET: This article was updated with an additional statement from Meta.
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