Facebook just confirmed that a mysterious glitch deactivated the accounts of "a very small percentage" of its users earlier today, ReadWriteWeb reports.
Facebook says the problem was a bug with a sytem intended to detect fake accounts. The company's statement doesn't explain the weirdest feature of the bug, however: only female users were affected.
The bug has been resolved, but Facebook is apparently asking affected users to scan and send a government ID to prove their identities before reactivating their accounts.
It makes sense that Facebook would be careful not to compound its error by turning over control of accounts to the wrong people, but if this report is correct, it sounds like a pretty huge inconvenience, and a step that might leave some privacy-sensitive users a little uneasy.
(http://www.businessinsider.com/a-mysterious-bug-disabled-womens-facebook-accounts-2010-11)
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