Facebook and Instagram Suffer Severe Outages
If you use Facebook or Instagram, you probably already noticed. Yesterday (Wednesday, March 13th) both apps were down for almost the entire day, resulting in social media users turning to Twitter to complain. The outages began Wednesday morning, lasting until late Wednesday night for Instagram and into Thursday morning for many Facebook users. Users faced issues loading pages, logging in, and sharing anything on the sites. Both the mobile apps and the desktop versions were unusable. What Happened to Facebook and Instagram?So far, we’ve received no update as to what happened to these apps, both of which are owned by Facebook. Whatsapp, a popular texting app also owned by the company, also faced outages. Some users noted that apps connected through Facebook, like Tinder and Spotify, also faced issues with logging in. Facebook and Instagram were silent for most of Wednesday, while users across the globe reported issues and complained on unaffected social media networks like Twitter. Eventually, Facebook and Instagram turned to their social media rival, Twitter, as well to update users.
We’ve yet to learn what caused these outages. The only update we’ve seen is from Instagram, with this pithy GIF-infused tweet:
Facebook Under InvestigationThe outages come at an interesting time for Facebook, as the company is facing a federal criminal investigation over sharing user data with other tech companies like Apple, Amazon, Microsoft, and Samsung. From their newsroom account last night, amid the #FacebookDown and #InstagramDown debacle, Facebook tweeted the following:
Social Media Users Turn To TwitterSocial media users turned to Twitter for information and to poke fun at these apps and at many users’ admitted dependence on them. We’ve compiled some of the best tweets in wake of the Instagram and Facebook blackouts.
Instagram models took some heat during the outages, as Twitter users joked about their lost income during the blackout.
Even Cardi B joined in on the fun, teasing fans that she revealed a “big surprise” on Instagram while the app was down and her fans could not access it.
Both Instagram and Facebook are up and running for most users today, but still no word on why the outages occurred. Until we have more information from Facebook, we’ll have to stick to jokes and keep waiting. The post Facebook and Instagram Suffer Severe Outages appeared first on Social Buddy. via Blogger http://iamsocialbuddy.blogspot.com/2019/03/facebook-and-instagram-suffer-severe.html March 14, 2019 at 10:31AM Comments are closed.
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