Month: October 2021

Facebook outage: what went wrong and why did it take so long to fix?

Billions of users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for hours while the social media giant scrambled to restore services Facebook and its other platforms, including Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger, went down globally for close to six hours on Monday and Tuesday, depending on your time zone. As services are being restored, questions …

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Facebook whistleblower to take her story before the US Senate

Frances Haugen, who came forward accusing the company of putting profit over safety, will testify in Washington on Tuesday A former Facebook employee who has accused the company of putting profit over safety will take her damning accusations to Washington on Tuesday when she testifies to US senators. Frances Haugen, 37, came forward on Sunday …

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Facebook is down – but you can still get your misinformation fix

With WhatsApp and Instagram MIA, now’s your chance to experience the internet without Zuck looking over your shoulder Facebook down – follow live updates We’ve hoped. We’ve prayed. We’ve constructed various Rube Goldberg-esque fantasies that begin with Mark Zuckerberg extracting a virgin $350 gray T-shirt from his closet and end with a bottle of room-temperature …

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Facebook goes down, taking Instagram and WhatsApp with it – follow live

The company and its network of services were hit by an outage in several countries, affecting millions of people Full report: Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by global outage Confused about what causes Facebook’s global outage? Guardian tech reporter Alex Hern has a brilliantly clear explanation. The key takeaway: an initial problem was made much …

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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by outage

Users in UK, US and other countries find services inaccessible as company apologises Facebook’s network of services including Instagram and WhatsApp has been hit by an outage in several countries including the UK and the US, affecting millions of people as the company said users were having “trouble accessing our apps”. Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp …

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How ‘losing friend to misinformation’ drove Facebook whistleblower

Frances Haugen was frustrated that Facebook was not publicly acknowledging the harm its platforms could cause Frances Haugen, the whistleblower behind a series of damaging revelations about Facebook, is adamant that she wants to help the social media company and not foment hatred of it. The 37-year-old leaked tens of thousands of internal company documents …

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Facebook ‘tearing our societies apart’: key excerpts from a whistleblower

Frances Haugen tells US news show why she decided to reveal inside story about social networking firm Frances Haugen’s interview with US news programme 60 Minutes contained a litany of damning statements about Facebook. Haugen, a former Facebook employee who had joined the company to help it combat misinformation, told the CBS show the tech …

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Apple iPhone 13 review: cheaper, longer lasting and better camera

Small upgrades on last year’s best iPhone, now with twice the starting storage The iPhone 13 is a minor upgrade to last year’s brilliant iPhone 12, with an improved camera, larger storage longer battery life and a small price cut. Apple’s latest regular-sized smartphone costs £779 ($799 or A$1,349), which is £20 cheaper than its …

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Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen identifies herself as whistleblower

Haugen said the evidence she collected shows the company is lying that it is making significant progress against hate, violence and misinformation Former Facebook employee Frances Haugen went public on Sunday as the whistleblower who leaked a cache of internal documents to the Wall Street Journal. In an interview with news program 60 Minutes, Haugen …

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