Facebook bug changed suggested sharing settings to 'public' for upto 14 million users

A bug in May accidentally changed the suggested privacy setting for status updates to public from whatever users had set it to last, potentially causing them to post sensitive friends-only content to the whole world. Facebook is notifying the affected users around the world to review their status updates and lock them down tighter if need be. They say the bug was active from May 18th to 22nd but facebook switched people’s status composer privacy setting back to what it was before on May 27th.

Facebook users, please check if any of your private messages/posts is showing public and change it. It is a good idea to check privacy setting before posting on social media.