Problems with Facebook live updates as thousands of users report issues with newsfeed

Facebook users have reported problems across the social network site, with many fearing their accounts have been hacked. Thousands of reports have been submitted to the Down Detector website, with problems first reported after 8am on Wednesday morning (August 24).

The vast majority reported problems are to do with their newsfeed, accounting for 80% of issues. There are very little reports of people being unable to access the site itself.

Just before 9am, there had been over 2,000 reports to the site that the social media platform was experiencing issues. Most people had the same problem - seeing random posts to celebrities or well known figures on their feed. Users are reporting seeing strange posts in their news feed, although Facebook hasn't publicly confirmed an issue.

Social media analyst and industry guru Matt Navarra tweeted : "Facebook has been hit by a major spam attack." "Lots of Facebook Pages of celebrities have had spammy memes posted to them in the last 24 hours," the consultant wrote.

He added in a later tweet: "Update: Some are suggesting it's actually a Facebook feed glitch causing these posts to fill users' feeds."

It is not yet known what has caused the problem or when it will be fixed. One user on Down Detector complained about the problem, commenting: "My feed is spammed with what random people are commenting on celebrity pages."

And another said: "Anyone else just seeing posts to celebrities on their FB news feed? I feel like I’m being spammed!!"

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