A number of Facebook users found themselves abruptly cut off from the site Tuesday after a glitch in site's system to detect fake accounts lead Facebook to inadvertently disable legitimate ones.
"The bug, which was live for a short period of time, caused a very small percentage of Facebook accounts to be mistakenly disabled," a Facebook spokesman said in a prepared statement. "Upon discovering the bug, we immediately worked to resolve it. It's now been fixed, and we're in the process of reactivating and notifying the people who were affected."
Anecdotal reports suggest that the bug exclusively affected female Facebook users.
Facebook representatives declined to comment on how many of the site's 500 million accounts were affected, or on the specifics of the glitch. Complaints began pouring into Twitter early Tuesday from users denied access. More than a dozen CNNMoney readers reported that their accounts had been deactivated.
Marie Parker in Richmond, Va., was frustrated to find her access blocked Tuesday morning.
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