Without a working DNS service, no one is able to connect to any Facebook-owned service because the Internet no longer knows how to locate the right server.ĬloudFlare senior vice-president Dane Knecht shared that the Facebook BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routes have been “withdrawn from the Internet”, causing failure to connect through CloudFlare’s DNS service. The DNS service “ translates” the plaintext link we use (for example) into its actual numerical IP address (123.123.123.123 for example), allowing your app or browser to connect to the right server. This massive, unprecedented GLOBAL outage appears to be caused by a DNS (Domain Name Server) failure. Why Did Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram, etc. Really tough times for Team Zuckerberg indeed…Įven Edward Snowden chimed in, saying that the world has become a healthier place for one shining day…įacebook and Instagram go mysteriously offline and, for one shining day, the world becomes a healthier place. She also accused her former firm of repeatedly and knowingly allowing the proliferation of hate speech and misinformation for profit. This massive outage couldn’t come at a worse time for Facebook, whose stock slumped about 5.5% after former employee and whistleblower, Frances Haugen, leaked internal documents to the Wall Street Journal. We’ve been working hard to restore access to our apps and services and are happy to report they are coming back online now. To the huge community of people and businesses around the world who depend on us: we're sorry. This left Twitter as the only major social media network still up and running, which is ironic since it became the only way for Facebook to reach out to the world… The failure also extended to Facebook authentication, which you may be using to log into third-party apps and games, with Pokemon Go and Match Master gamers have reported problems logging in. The entire slew of messaging and social media platforms owned by Facebook was inaccessible for about six hours, including :
Facebook and ALL of its messaging and social media platforms went down for about six hours, including Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram!įind out why they all went down at the same time, and for so long!įacebook, Messenger, WhatsApp, Instagram + More DOWN!
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