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Facebook sorry for ‘cruel Year in Review’ blunder

on Dec 28, 2014 | 0 comments

By Seb Joseph

Facebook has admitted its ‘Year in Review’ posts may not be for everyone, issuing an apology to a grieving father who was inadvertently shown a picture of his dead daughter in the photo round up on the site.

The incident occurred as a result of a Facebook feature creating a special post from users’ most liked photos of the year. Eric Meyer described the service as “inadvertent algorithm cruelty” after being presented with a picture of his dead child as one of his highlights in 2014.

He reacted with a post on his blog which reads: “To show me Rebecca’s face and Read full story ›

Source: The Drum