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Instagram Testing Feature to Notify Users of Outage or Issue Inside App

Facebook Inc’s Instagram said on Monday it is testing a feature to notify users of outages or technical issues directly on the photo-sharing app, days after two outages disrupted the social media giant’s services. The test will run in the United States and will go on for a few months, Instagram said in a blog…


Facebook Apologizes for Second Outage in a Week, Services Back Up

Facebook apologized to users for a two hour disruption to its services on Friday and blamed another faulty configuration change for its second global outage this week. The company confirmed its social media platform, Instagram, Messenger, and Workplace were impacted by the latest outage. “Sincere apologies to anyone who wasn’t able to access our products…


Telegram Messaging App Gained 70 Million New Users Amid Facebook Outage, Founder Says

Messaging app Telegram says it gained 70 million new users during the widespread outage across a suite of Facebook’s social media and messaging services. Telegram founder and CEO Pavel Durov said in a statement that it saw a “record increase in user registration and activity” when Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, which are all owned by…


Zuckerberg Responds to Facebook Whistleblower’s Testimony, Says Claims ‘Don’t Make Sense’

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has responded to claims made by former employee and whistleblower Frances Haugen in testimony before Congress on Oct. 5. Hague, who used to work as a lead product manager for Facebook’s civic misinformation team, spoke before the Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security where she discussed the company’s internal practices, particularly regarding how they disproportionately…


Six Key Takeaways From Senate Hearing With Facebook Whistleblower

The Senate heard testimony Tuesday from former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who came before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security to raise the alarm about practices in Facebook that she said demanded congressional action. While there was broadly bipartisan consensus that regulations on the social media platform should be strengthened, Democrats and…


Key Takeaways From Senate Hearing With Facebook Whistleblower

The Senate heard testimony Tuesday from former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, who came before the Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security to raise the alarm about practices in Facebook that she said demanded congressional action. While there was broadly bipartisan consensus that regulations on the social media platform should be strengthened, Democrats and…


Whistleblower Says Congress Must Take Action Against Facebook

The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security heard testimony Tuesday from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former employee of the tech giant. In a rare show of bipartisanship, a bloc of Republicans and Democrats joined together to demand action against the company. Haugen, who used to work as a lead product manager…


Congress Demands Action Against Facebook After Hearing Whistleblower Testimony

The Senate Subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security heard testimony Tuesday from Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, a former employee of the tech giant. In a rare show of bipartisanship, a bloc of Republicans and Democrats joined together to demand action against the company. Haugen, who used to work as a lead product manager…


Facebook Issues Statement Blaming Major Outage on ‘Configuration Changes’

Facebook on Monday blamed the widespread outage across a suite of its social media and messaging services on faulty configuration changes on its routers. “Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” Facebook said in a blog…


Facebook Says Major Outage Due to ‘Configuration Changes’

Facebook on Monday blamed the widespread outage across a suite of its social media and messaging services on faulty configuration changes on its routers. “Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centers caused issues that interrupted this communication,” Facebook said in a blog…