Something WEIRD going on with Facebook. Multiple posts being flagged

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34. Could it be this? A bug in Facebook's anti-spam system temporarily put a lid on some coronavirus new

Facebook Inc.’s overzealous spam filter temporarily put a lid on some coronavirus links.

A bug in its News Feed prevented URLs from legitimate sources such as USA Today and BuzzFeed from being shared as posts or comments Tuesday. Many Facebook FB, +2.33% members like Lana Rushing, who runs a public-relations company in Los Angeles, said she received a warning from Facebook after attempting to share news posts on the pandemic from USA Today and NBC’s Today Show.

“All of the sudden, I began receiving notifications from Facebook for posts that I shared, saying they violated community guidelines, marking them as spam,” Rushing told MarketWatch in a Facebook message Tuesday. “When I disputed these reports, Facebook overrode my request and began closing the cases.”

The notifications referred to posts previously shared with Rushing’s network of Facebook friends, she said. This marks the first time Rushing said she was warned of violating the social network’s community standards on spam in the 13 years she’s been a member.
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/a-bug-in-facebooks-anti-spam-system-has-put-a-lid-on-some-coronavirus-news-links-2020-03-17?mod=mw_latestnews