Attention stalkers: You may have sent a friend request to everyone whose Facebook profile you viewed!

Stalkers, pay attention to this news! Due to a bug on Facebook’s Android platform, a friend request might have been sent to your ex!

A significant bug has been discovered on Facebook, the long-established social media platform. After the most recent update to the Android devices, users encountered a serious issue. Users who installed the latest update ended up sending friend requests to all profiles they accessed with their Facebook accounts. Here are the details about the bug on Facebook’s Android platform…

You may have sent a friend request to everyone whose profile you visited!

Facebook released its latest update for Android devices a few days ago. Besides bug fixes, there were no new features in this latest update. However, users who installed the update encountered a strange situation. Their Facebook accounts were sending unsolicited friend requests to other people’s profiles.

A bug in the Android version of the Facebook app was sending friend requests to all Facebook profiles viewed by users. Users who noticed the situation revolted via other social media platforms and Facebook. They were not wrong at all. Among them were stalkers who might have been stalking their exes, exposing themselves involuntarily.

A very annoying bug

The bug was quite annoying. Whenever you viewed someone’s profile, Facebook was sending a friend request to that user without your consent. The only way to prevent this was to retract the request and log out of your Facebook account. Otherwise, the app would keep sending friend requests. With Facebook groups being actively used, a friend request was sent every time you wanted to look at a post shared by a user.

The protest initiated regarding this issue was noticed by Meta shortly after. Meta started an operation with urgent code and released a new update. Thanks to this update, the bug on Facebook was fixed, and profiles returned to normal. A written statement was made by the Meta team and the Facebook platform spokesperson about the issue.

The problem is only on Android

In the statement, it was noted that the source of the problem-causing bug was found and the issue was resolved. Meta also apologized to users for the inconvenience. The problem was only encountered in the Android versions of the app. It was resolved shortly after the increasing reactions. Currently, the app is not repeating such an error on both Android and iOS platforms.

Tech writers and Facebook employees recommend checking the friendships on your account. You might have unintentionally become friends with someone you don’t know on Facebook. What do you think about the error caused by the Facebook app on the Android platform? Don’t forget to share your opinions in the comments section…