Facebook bug puts Pittsburgh users in Philadelphia for a day

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Thursday, October 19, 2017
FILE - In this May 16, 2012 photo, the Facebook logo is displayed on an iPad in Philadelphia.
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PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Pittsburghers and others in western and central Pennsylvania found themselves transplanted in Philadelphia, thanks to Facebook.



A glitch on the social media site caused Pittsburghers and others to receive Facebook notifications welcoming them to the City of Brotherly Love on Wednesday.



Facebook says a "bug" with the site's location services application caused the problem and was fixed later Wednesday.


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