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Did a Live video disappear from your Facebook? Here is what's happening

The social network said it had restored some videos, and was notifying users' whose content had permanently been deleted.

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Did a Live video disappear from your Facebook? Here is what's happening
In what seems to be another strike for Facebook, the social network mistakenly deleted Live videos of some of its users.

A Facebook bug erased Live videos when users tried to post them to their Story and News Feed after the broadcast. While the tech giant didn't confirm how many users were affected, it has said that the bug was intermittent and affected a minority of all Live videos, according to TechCrunch.

The bug has reportedly been patched and some videos restored. However, those users who have permanently lost videos are being notified by the network with an apology.



Confirming the glitch to TechCrunch in a statement, Facebook said that it recently discovered the technical issue that was removing live videos from some people’s Facebook Timelines.

"We have resolved this issue and restored many of these videos to people’s Timelines. People whose videos we were unable to restore will get a notification on Facebook. We know saving memories on Facebook is important to people, and we apologise for this error,” the statement added.

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