Facebook Users Find Private Messages Showing Up Publicly on Timeline

Rumors of a Facebook bug has users from all over the world worried about private messages showing up very publicly on Timeline pages, but the social network is debunking those claims, saying these messages are actually just older wall posts.

A series of reports coming out of France -- including ones from Metro France and Le Nouvel Observateur -- claim that Facebook members who sent private messages over the past few years have been popping up on public posts.

Some members in the U.S. have said their private messages from 2007 and 2008 are showing up on their Timeline, but Facebook told Mashable that the company hasn't found a bug and believes the discrepancy comes from a wider ro…
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