Facebook is posting old pics without permission and users are mortified

At least you don't have to come up with a TBT.
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If you thought Facebook's Year in Review feature was all you had to worry about this week, we've got some bad news.

Thanks to a glitch on the social network, posts and photographs from days, months and even years ago are apparently resurfacing on the profiles of some unlucky and mortified Facebook users.

On Friday, PCMag reported several claims of outdated posts being re-shared on users' timelines without their permission.

Though the cause of the issue is unknown, the timing has people wondering if the glitch is related to the new version of Facebook's app on iOS, which came out Thursday, or the recent Year in Review feature.

Earlier this morning, Facebook user Drew Calhoun reached out to the site through a Facebook Help Community post, inquiring about four photos that had been re-posted to his timeline without his permission.

Some users experiencing the glitch tweeted concerns that their profiles had been hacked.

A Facebook spokesperson told Mashable that they are aware of the issue "and are investigating." The company did not provide any further information about how the photos were resurfacing.

It's been a rough year for the social network, between accusations of heavily contributing to the spread of fake news and that time it "killed" a bunch of its users... Let's hope it can get its act together in 2017.

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Nicole Gallucci

Nicole is a Senior Editor at Mashable. She primarily covers entertainment and digital culture trends, and in her free time she can be found watching TV, sending voice notes, or going viral on Twitter for admiring knitwear. You can follow her on Twitter @nicolemichele5.

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