Facebook bans 'Everyone will know' phrase by mistake

FACEBOOK temporarily blocked the phrase ‘everyone will know’ over the weekend.

Puzzled netizens shared this problem in which they were not allowed to post a status or write a private message using the three-word phrase.

Upon entering the phrase, netizens were given a message saying that the message has been blocked.

In other cases, the message said: “This message was removed because it contains blocked or harmful content.”

Netizens share their screen capture online:

Facebook won't let anyone post "Everyone will know" as a status... Try it #Illuminati pic.twitter.com/wvp8TEKgDA
— Lahpimpskee (@LipinskiMason) October 11, 2015

The words "everyone will know" are not allowed to be posted on facebook. Try it yourself. #infosec #cyberviolence pic.twitter.com/aqVh1sTjDW
— Sarah E. Torrent (@sarzitron) October 11, 2015

did you know you can't type "everyone will know" on facebook posts as a comment, they have it blocked pic.twitter.com/gz63NkDyEl
— brooke (@ransomnjh) October 11, 2015

Type "everyone will know" under any status as a comment on Facebook & click enter. You won't be able to. FB doesn't allow it. (Not a joke)
— Anthony Permal (@anthonypermal) October 11, 2015

Facebook will not allow anyone comment "everyone will know". Try it.
— James McBennett (@mcbennett) October 11, 2015

The Huffington Post reported that the issue has been solved and netizens are able to write “Everyone will know.”

"This was a mistake with our spam filter and our engineers have resolved the issue.

"We're constantly updating the rules used by our spam-fighting engine and this particular phrase erroneously got caught in the mix," Facebook security communications Melanie Ensign told the news website.