Facebook glitch cancelled $14,000 bushfire fundraiser

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Rural Fire Service volunteer Nadine Gaffney and her community spent three months fundraising for fire victims, but on the eve of handing out the money, Facebook accidently cancelled her effort.

The good news is that after a week of pleas for a review from Ms Gaffney to the social media giant, Facebook has apologised and agreed to reimburse the money.

"Our teams investigated the closure of the Ewingar Bushfire Recovery Fundraiser and determined that a notification error wasn't allowing us to get the verification information we needed from the creator to ensure the integrity of the fundraiser.

 

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