Facebook has actually apologized after a problem in its Search function recommended that customers might be interested in kid sexual assault videos.

Twitter screenshots show that in the very early hours of Friday the website was suggesting users may be trying to find a video of a woman executing a sex act, and also another video of a woman performing a sex act “under water”.

An agent for Facebook informed Skies News: “We’re very sorry this occurred. As soon as we became aware of these offensive forecasts we removed them.

“Facebook search forecasts are depictive of what people may be looking for on Facebook and are not always reflective of actual material on the platform.

“We do not permit raunchy images, as well as we are devoted to maintaining such content off of our site. We are checking into why these search predictions showed up, and also moving forward, we’re working to improve the top quality of search predictions.”

Recently, Facebook was criticized after running a study which asked customers if the company should determine whether adult men can use the website to obtain sex-related images from youngsters.