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To make your account extra secure, you can also set up two-factor authentication. Once you’re good to go, just click on “save changes” to save your new password. From there, just follow the instructions to set it up. If you’ve forgotten your password then don’t panic, you can always reset it. I don’t want to see random peoples comments on pages I’ve liked. Another user asked: “What is going on with Facebook?

"Is anyone else's Facebook broken or have I been hacked. This is my entire feed," tweeted @chrismearle while sharing screen grabs of a number of people's ...

What the heck is happening?" "Famous peoples pages tagged in meme or scam posts from random users." #facebookdown #facebookhacked," #FacebookHacked," Still seeing him tagged." "Is anyone else's Facebook broken or have I been hacked.

Instead of seeing regular posts from friends, families or groups they follow, many people are being shown random posts on celebrity pages. These include memes ...

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Reports of issues began to appear on Down Detector, a site to report website outages, around 6.35pm on Wednesday NZT.

"Yes, there is a Facebook glitch. Facebook has not confirmed any outage or issue with the website yet, and there is no evidence to suggest Facebook has been hacked. The issue appears to be affecting people across the world, with users reporting the glitch in the UK, US and Australia.

Website tracker DownDetector.com.au reported an outage on the massive social media platform around 6pm NZ time. Users reported seeing dozens of random posts to ...

, while another wrote, "Hey mama I'm famous." 43 per cent of users have reported issues with the app, 40 per cent relating to the newsfeed and 16 per cent relating to the website in general. Cheeky users have already begun using the glitch to say hello to the wider Facebook community.

An apparent problem with the site's architecture means that users are seeing a bizarre array of posts, rather than the usual updates from friends and pages they ...

[Terms of use,](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/user-policies-a6184151.html) [Cookie policy](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/cookie-policy-a6184186.html) and [Privacy notice.](https://www.independent.co.uk/service/privacy-policy-a6184181.html) [Privacy policy](https://policies.google.com/privacy?hl=en) and [Terms of service](https://policies.google.com/terms?hl=en) apply. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble with their Facebook feed. One popular post included a picture of a turkey sandwich, and encouraged anyone who saw it to post on other celebrities’ pages. On Twitter, other users suggested that the site may have been hacked. That page showed no problems. Users rushed to post memes, taking advantage of the chaos to spam other people’s news feeds. This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google By clicking ‘Register’ you confirm that your data has been entered correctly and you have read and agree to our By registering, you will also enjoy limited access to Premium articles, exclusive newsletters, commenting, and virtual events with our leading journalists Registration is a free and easy way to support our truly independent journalism [Meta](/topic/meta) does run its own status page, but that site is intended to track business and developer tools rather than the site itself.

People have been taking advantage of the glitch by flooding celebrity pages with memes, while others have been promoting businesses. Facebook app logo is ...

It has been a rough week for Facebook’s parent company Meta. I don’t know what’s up with Facebook currently, but holy shit is the timeline feed a disaster right now.” If you are worrying you have been hacked you need not be concerned, as the problem appears to be affecting all users.

Facebook users reported that celebrity spam was clogging their news feed. Memes obviously followed.

A Meta spokeswoman was quoted as saying by Dailymail, “We’re aware that some people are having trouble with their Facebook Feed. [August 24, 2022] Screenshots showing random posts by fans on celebrities Facebook accounts also surfaced online. As users faced outage and glitches, they were quick to storm Twitter with funny memes. Meanwhile, outage reports from the US and UK were in thousands. Thousands of users across the US and UK reported that their news feed is full of celebrity posts sent to popular artists like Eminem, Billie Eilish and [One Direction](https://indianexpress.com/about/one-direction/).

Facebook is currently facing a strange bug that is filling the users' feed with posts from celebrity accounts.

RECOMMENDED I’m trying to scroll through my news feed, and all I’m seeing are people posting to pages of people I’m following like Neymar Jr, Eminem, etc. All I can see at the moment is random people from all over the world sharing photos to celebrities' pages. Facebook is yet to make an official statement, but a meme fest has spread on Twitter. It reported complaints from nearly 3,000 users. Social media giant Facebook experienced a mysterious bug today that filled user feeds with endless posts from celebrity accounts.