Monday’s outage was the largest that web monitoring group DownDetector had ever seen and blocked access to apps for billions of users, prompting increased use of rival social media and messaging apps.
Facebook Inc. on Friday apologized to users for a two-hour disruption to its services and blamed another faulty configuration change for its second global outage this week.
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The company confirmed that its social media platforms, Instagram, Messenger and Workplace are affected by the latest outage.
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“Sincerely sorry to anyone who hasn’t been able to access our products in the last few hours,” the company said. “We fixed the issue, and everything should be back to normal now.”
During the latest outage, some users were unable to load their Instagram feeds, while others were not able to send messages on Facebook Messenger.
People increasingly took to Twitter to share memes and jokes about a second service disruption this week. “Looks like Facebook went into a 3-day work week. Closed on Mondays and Fridays?” One Twitter user said.
Instagram thanked users for their patience and “for all the memes this week”.
on Monday, Blamed the social media giant For “Faulty configuration change” about six hours of interruption It blocked the company’s 3.5 billion users from accessing its social media and messaging services such as WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger.
Monday’s outage was the largest that web monitoring group DownDetector had ever seen and blocked access to apps for billions of users, causing Rise in usage of rival social media and messaging apps.
Moscow officials said Monday’s outage showed Russia was right to develop its own social media network, while EU antitrust chief Margrethe Vestager highlighted the repercussions of relying on a few big players, underscoring the need for more rivals.
Both outages put pressure on Facebook after this week A former employee who became a whistleblower accused the company frequently on sundays Prioritizing profit over cracking down on hate speech and misinformation.
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