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Facebook’s On-This-Day Feature Mistakenly Showed Painful Memories to Users

Facebook’s “On This Day” algorithm which highlighted past posts on a user’s private page or News Feed confronted unwanted and painful personal memories to its users.

Date it happened
2015-03-24
Organisation involved
Facebook
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Facebook’s On-This-Day Feature Mistakenly Showed Painful Memories to Users — Wayward Fowl