[ NNSquad ] Apparent issue with Facebook Connect is dragging people from around the web to a moot error page

[Lauren Weinstein <lauren@vortex.com>]

Apparent issue with Facebook Connect is dragging people from around
the web to a moot error page

http://j.mp/V2hkTx  (The Next Web)

    "The URL is garbled, but given the plethora of sites that you can hit
     to reach this page, TNW is laboring under the presumption that
     Facebook Connect is to blame. When you hit the blue 'Okay' button, you
     will be taken to a blank screen. If you hit the back button, the page
     you had wished to be on will be served to you, but only until the
     problem kicks back in and Facebook takes you hostage again.  This is
     no small issue. Facebook is dragging people from other sites, to its
     own website, where it puts them into the above penalty box for no
     clear reason. Given the number of first-hand reports that TNW received
     on Twitter, this issue could affect millions the world around. The
     disruption that Facebook is currently causing could cost its partners
     big ad dollars.  Feel free to list sites that you are seeing the
     problem with in the comments. Keith Plocek on Twitter dubbed the
     situation "Facebookmageddon." Not unfitting, frankly."

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--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein (lauren@vortex.com): http://www.vortex.com/lauren 
Co-Founder: People For Internet Responsibility: http://www.pfir.org/pfir-info
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