HT201401 When using facetime my camera flashes on and off

When using factime on my iphone 4s the camera starts flashing on and off and then eventually goes black. The only way to get the picture back is to switch to the rear camera and then back to the front camera and then it starts working again and then after a while it starts flashing again!

I think you're full of manure because it is not widespread.
It is not all over the news and it is not all over the Internet.
No one here is an employee of Apple, even if they were, they are not speaking for Apple.
Your options are:
Do the basic troubleshooting as outlined in the User's Guide.
If that fails to resolve you can either take it to Apple for evaluation or simply live with it.
Making up stories about how some minor issue is widespread does nothing to further your purpose.

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