After vicious attack, Facebook suggested adding her assailant as a 'friend.' She used ChatGPT to track him down instead - CWB Chicago
CWB Chicago is reporting on the story above. It caught our attention because it may affect readers checking their internet or a specific service on SpeedTestTools right now.
Social media algorithms work constantly in the background to connect people based on location, mutual contacts, and shared digital paths. Most of the time, this feels harmless or mildly convenient. However, when an automated system recommends someone you actively need to avoid, it reveals how little context these platforms truly have. It is a sobering reminder that automated friend suggestions are based purely on raw data, not your personal safety or well-being.
You can take control of what social platforms see and suggest right now. Head into your phone settings and turn off contact syncing for social media apps so they cannot scan your address book. While you are there, review your location permissions and set them to never share your exact whereabouts. Inside the apps themselves, look through your privacy menus to limit who can look you up by phone or email.
Algorithms prioritize connections over your comfort, so taking a few minutes to lock down your profile settings is always worth the effort.
- Run a quick speed test — get concrete numbers before assuming it's your ISP.
- Open the Down Detector board to see which major services are actually having issues right now.
- If numbers look off, walk through the Fix-My-Internet checklist — most issues clear in the first two steps.