NATIONAL NEWS - Where are you? Johannesburg? East London? Bloemhof? Durban? No, you are in Umlazi! Well that is how Facebook tagged everyone in South Africa.
It seems that Facebook's geotagging functionality was attacked by gremlins and tagged people in the whole country as being in Umlazi, KwaZulu-Natal.
Facebook has recently been hit by a crisis of confidence among users, advertisers, employees and investors following a data security breach.
Users were already struggling with Facebook’s reaction to fake news and its role in the US 2016 election.
Social media users in South Africa were left confused over why they are being tagged in Umlazi.
Facebook says everyone in SA is in Umlazi
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Posted on: 11:16 Fri, 13 April 2018
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