Facebook is wrongly blocking some links, including coronavirus info

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Facebook is suffering from a massive bug in its News Feed spam filter, causing URLs to legitimate websites including Medium, Buzzfeed, and
USA Today to be blocked from being shared as posts or comments
The issue is blocking shares of some but not all coronavirus-related content, while some unrelated links are allowed through and others are
not
It not clear what exactly is or isn''t tripping the filter
Facebook has been trying to fight back against misinformation related to the outbreak, but may have gotten overzealous or experienced a
technical error. A source tipped us off and provided numerous examples of blocked links
We reached out to Facebook for comment and a company spokesperson told us &We&re looking into this right now and working as quickly as
possible to share information
[I] can confirm at this point that we&re looking into the matter, can''t confirm what might be happening just yet. Facebook Guy Rosen later
tweeted that &We&re on this & this is a bug in an anti-spam system, unrelated to any changes in our content moderator workforce
We&re in the process of fixing and bringing all these posts back
More soon.& Facebook sent home its content moderators this week and announced it would be relying more on its artificial intelligence
systems, warning it could make &more mistakes&. We're on this & this is a bug in an anti-spam system, unrelated to any changes in our
content moderator workforce
We're in the process of fixing and bringing all these posts back
More soon. mdash; Guy Rosen (@guyro) March 17, 2020 Upon sharing certain links, users are seeing a warning from Facebook stating &Your post
goes against our Community Standards on spam&
It goes on to explain that &No one else can see your post
We have these standards to prevent things like false advertising, fraud and security breaches. Earlier this month, Facebook banned ads for
protective face masks in an effort to prevent price gouging during the outbreak
Facebook has also been sharing contagion prevention tips atop Instagram home screen, sending misinformation to fact-checkers for review, and
providing data to researchers. Zuckerberg details the ways Facebook and Chan Zuckerberg Initiative are responding to COVID-19 Facebook has
grown into a fundamental communications utility, holding special importance during the COVID-19 crisis
News organizations are sharing life saving tips while non-profits are raising money for artists and businesses impacted by widespread
quarantine orders
That means it more critical than ever that Facebook keep information flowing properly.