Millions of Meta’s Facebook users have lost majority of their followers on the social media platform due to unknown reasons.
Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reportedly lost over 119 million followers which has brought down his follower count to below 10,000.
“Facebook created a tsunami that wiped away my almost 900,000 followers and left only 9,000 something on the shore. I kind of like Facebook’s comedy,” exiled Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen tweeted.
A Meta spokesperson said, “We’re aware that some people are seeing inconsistent follower count on their Facebook profiles. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible and we apologise for any inconvenience.”
Meanwhile, Meta has claimed that a report in the Wire ( portal) — which suggested BJP IT cell chief Amit Malviya was part of the firm’s controversial XCheck programme — was “inaccurate” and appeared to be based on “fabricated” documentation.
However, the news portal reported that Meta’s claims were in stark contrast to an internal email asking its employees “how the hell” the same document had been “leaked”.