Olivier Douliery | Afp | Getty Images Facebook parent Meta on Wednesday confirmed a problem with the company’s Feed after multiple users reported problems with spam from celebrity pages. “We know some people are experiencing issues with their Facebook Feed. We’re working to get things back to normal as soon as possible and apologize for any inconvenience,” a Meta spokesperson told CNBC. In an updated statement, a Meta spokesperson said a “configuration change caused some people to have issues with Facebook Feed.” The spokesperson added that the issues have been resolved. Downdetector, a service where people can report problems and outages with websites, had thousands of reports of problems with Facebook, with 81% of complaints related to streaming. Some commenters on Downdetector and Twitter reported an issue where they would see comments posted by random people on celebrity accounts appear in their own Feed. CNBC also saw the issue when it checked the feed earlier Wednesday. The Facebook Feed is the main stream of posts from people you follow. Meta’s properties last experienced significant problems in October, when users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger for several hours. This was caused by backend changes that caused “issues” that disrupted the flow of traffic between routers in Facebook’s data centers around the world, Facebook said. The social media giant has not clarified the reason for the latest problem.
