Lots Of Facebook User Every Day spam flood of a most unsavory nature

Many users have complained about some very unpleasant photos showing up on the network, including hardcore pornography and images depicting extreme violence. Facebook says it's investigating the cause.

Apparently some members of Facebook found the offensive images posted in their Facebook News Feeds without their consent or knowledge.

Others reportedly received complaints from friends that their accounts were being used to send requests to click on links to videos, bogus chat messages, or mass messages and tagged photos that mislead those who click.

Some angry members have reportedly terminated their accounts.

It's not presently known exactly how many of Facebook's 800 million members were affected by the attacks. Many users have not observed anything unusual about their news feeds or those of their friends.


Computer researchers at the University of British Columbia reportedly set up and operated their own social botnet on Facebook for eight weeks. They found that eight out of 10 people approved the bot's friend requests, even though they clearly did not know who or what the bot was.