Facebook accidentally 'leaks' moderators' identities to potential terrorists

A security glitch at Facebook has put the lives of its over 1,000 content moderators at risk by accidentally leaking their identities to suspected terrorists' accounts on the social media platform. According to a report, the lapse that was identified in November 2016 affected more than 1,000 workers across 22 departments at Facebook who used the company's moderation software to review and remove inappropriate content, including sexual material, hate speech and terrorist propaganda. This all started after the moderators started receiving friend requests from people affiliated with the terrorist organisations they were scrutinising. Around 40 workers were affected at Facebook's European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland while six of those were assessed to be "high priority" victims of the 'glitch'.