Facebook apologized for animated balloons and confetti appearing when Indonesian speakers posted messages about Sunday's deadly earthquake on Indonesia's Lombok Island. Many people used the word ...

Contact: [email protected] Facebook expressed regret after users' posts about an earthquake in Indonesia were accidentally adorned with animated balloons and confetti. An algorithm set off ...

Facebook has apologized after posts by users voicing their concern about the deadly earthquake in Indonesia were mistakenly festooned with animated balloons and confetti by the social network.

Users of the social media website saw animated confetti and balloons adorn the posts as Facebook's algorithm is automatically triggered by the word "congrats," meaning messages of support were ...

Even as a second earthquake has hit Indonesia's Lombok island today, users posting on Facebook after the first fatal earthquake were shocked to see animated balloons and confetti popping up when ...

Balloons. And confetti. So how does something this bonkers ... “This feature (a text animation triggered by typing ‘congrats’) is widely available on Facebook globally, however we regret ...

“This feature (a text animation triggered by typing ‘congrats ... Then Facebook highlighted the word “selamat” and throw some balloons and confetti," he tweeted. More than 10,000 ...