Facebook glitch exposes chat messages

SAN FRANCISCO (AFP) –
Facebook on Wednesday temporarily shut down its online chat feature after a software glitch let people's friends in the online community see each others' private chat messages.

"Chat is unavailable as we work quickly to fix a bug reported to us," Facebook said in a message posted at the website.

"It should return to normal soon. Because of the bug, people could view friends? chat messages and friend requests for a limited amount of time."