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    Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    Major down, just before 5pm today.

    Oh dear, what a shame, never mind.....
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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    The horror!
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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    I concur, I cannot access FB

    How will people cope with this new found freedom

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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    It wouldn't be to do with the Whistleblower this afternoon would it
    https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...frances-haugen

    Zuckerberg could be trying to locate & delete evidence.
    Currently 5% off the share price

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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    Quote Originally Posted by g8ina View Post
    Major down, just before 5pm today.

    Oh dear, what a shame, never mind.....
    Indeed, a terrible shame .... if they have or do come back.
    A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".

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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    Yeah, saw that too, and I did wonder
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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    I did see a suggestion someone removed their DNS records. If true, oops.
    Last edited by Saracen999; 05-10-2021 at 01:16 AM. Reason: Tpyo
    A lesson learned from PeterB about dignity in adversity, so Peter, In Memorium, "Onwards and Upwards".

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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    Quote Originally Posted by Saracen999 View Post
    I did see a suggesrtion someone removed their DNS records. If true, oops.
    BGP routes gone....



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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    Quote Originally Posted by Apex View Post
    BGP routes gone....
    Which apparently amongst the fallout stopped Facebook door entry cards from working, so I wonder how they got access to the routers to fix that

    Thankfully I didn't want to use the Oculus yesterday as that would have been down.

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    Re: Facebook, Instagram & WhatsApp all down.

    I couldn't play Forge of Empires on my iPad as it logs in through Faceache, had to go to my actual PC and log in the old fashioned way

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