Three people tell how they were affected by the temporary loss of the site, and WhatsApp and InstagramThe global outage just adds to Facebook’s many recent woesFacebook, WhatsApp and Instagram experienced an outage that left users around the world unab…
Instagram ditches the IGTV brand, combines everything but Reels into an ‘Instagram Video’ format
Instagram head Adam Mosseri recently said was “no longer a photo-sharing app,” noting the company was prioritizing a shift into video amid significant competition from TikTok and YouTube. Today, Instagram is taking another step towards its larger goal of making video a more central part of the Instagram experience with news that it will now […]
Facebook’s outage likely cost the company over $60 million
Configuration change cascaded down the data centers, bringing systems to a halt.
Tell us: how were you affected by the Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram outage?
We would like to hear your experiences of when you were unable to access your social media accountsOn Monday and Tuesday, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram experienced an outage that caused the social media platforms to go down globally for nearly six h…
Facebook outage: what went wrong and why did it take so long to fix after social platform went down?
Billions of users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for hours while the social media giant scrambled to restore servicesFacebook and its other platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, went down globally for close to …
Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram are slowly returning. Why did they disappear to begin with?
Facebook’s day-long outage is by far its longest and most extreme in years. At around 9 a.m. PDT on the U.S. West Coast — where the social giant is headquartered — Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger seemed to vanish from the internet. The outage continued through market close, with the company’s stock dropping around […]
Leak shows Facebook’s business model needs regulating, says MEP
The European Parliament’s lead and shadow rapporteur for a major reboot of the bloc’s digital rulebook have called for an investigation following the Facebook whistleblower leaks. One of the MEPs has also called for incoming EU rules to directly tackle business models that favor “disinformation and violence over factual content”. In a joint statement, the […]
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by outage
Users in UK, US and other countries find services inaccessible as company apologisesFacebook has admitted that its users are having “trouble accessing our apps” after its network of services, including Instagram and WhatsApp, were hit by an outage in s…
Facebook, Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp are all down
Global users are experiencing outages on Facebook, including all social networks the company owns, which include Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp. When navigating to these websites, a server error will appear — Instagram shows a “5xx server error,” which indicates that this is an issue with Facebook’s servers. Users are also unable to send messages or […]
Meanwhile at Daan Forest Park
A human plays a harmonica for two geese. The geese honk appreciatively. Another harmonica performance. As posted on the Instagram account of 奇奇 and 凡凡: “We are a family of ducks and geese living in Daan Forest Park.”