Facebook privacy mix-up leads to 1.2 million ‘attending’ teen girl’s birthday party
Dec07
Ever wanted to throw a low-key party and accidentally invite millions? A Mexican teenager, Rubi Ibarra Garcia, is turning 15. To celebrate the occasion her parents posted a (now removed) short video (YouTube mirror) on Facebook with the intention to invite friends and family to what they thought would be a moderate-sized gathering. Things don’t always go as planned. After Rubi’s parents accidentally set the privacy settings to ‘Public,’ over 1.2 million people worldwide accepted the invite by clicking ‘Going.’ It’s led to some pretty funny memes, like this one: Ya empiezan a salir los autobuses con destino a los #XVdeRuby pic.twitter.com/KK3vrGmVvN…
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