Facebook bans 'Everyone will know' phrase by mistake
Syafique Shuib
Oktober 12, 2015 14:31 MYT
Oktober 12, 2015 14:31 MYT
An update on Facebook's spam-fighting engine mistakenly added the phrase 'Everyone will know' in its list of blocked phrases.
FACEBOOK temporarily blocked the phrase ‘everyone will know’ over the weekend.
Puzzled netizens shared this problem in which they were not allowed to post a status or write a private message using the three-word phrase.
Upon entering the phrase, netizens were given a message saying that the message has been blocked.
In other cases, the message said: “This message was removed because it contains blocked or harmful content.”
Netizens share their screen capture online:
The Huffington Post reported that the issue has been solved and netizens are able to write “Everyone will know.”
"This was a mistake with our spam filter and our engineers have resolved the issue.
"We're constantly updating the rules used by our spam-fighting engine and this particular phrase erroneously got caught in the mix," Facebook security communications Melanie Ensign told the news website.