People in the country are waking up this morning to find their (and their pages', for many) follower counts mysteriously slashed to half or less. Even Mark Zuckerberg's own follower count has dropped from nearly 100 million to a mere 9,993 overnight. Many are suspecting a bug in the platform.

Earlier this week, the sudden drops in Facebook follower counts of several of the USA's largest media outlets experienced on Monday and Tuesday led to rumours that the social media giant might be deleting fake or bot accounts.

According to data from analytics platform CrowdTangle, the New York Times, Washington Post, Huffington Post, The Hill, USA Today, New York Post, and Newsweek all saw a decline in followers on October 3 and 4.

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Facebook follower numbers returning to normal for most users