Telegram and other messaging apps were flooded with new users as people rushed to find a replacement for Facebook products during the outage. (CNN) 70m people signed up for Telegram messaging app during Facebook’s hours-long outage, founder saysįacebook’s 3.5bn users were unable to access its products, including Instagram and Messenger, because of a faulty configuration change the company announced. Telegram founder and chief executive Pavel Durov announced the massive boost in what he called a “record increase in user registration and activity”. Messaging app Telegram says it added 70m new users during the six-hour outage of Facebook and WhatsApp. ![]() The outage was caused by changes to Facebook’s routers, which also stopped the company’s communication efforts ‘We are digitally addicted’: Big tech expert advises how we should view Facebook’s mass outageįacebook stock nosedive costs Zuckberg $6bn as whistleblower interview and service outage rattle investors Key pointsĪ Facebook whistleblower is currently testifying in the US Senate Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp go down? Read our live coverage of the outage below In June and April this year, the social media giant’s platforms unexpectedly went down due to a “network configuration issue”. ![]() It comes as former Facebook product manager and data scientist Frances Haugen testifies before a Senate subcommittee about the company’s research into Instagram’s effect on the mental health of young users. ![]() Other related products, such as Facebook Messenger and Workplace, also stopped working.įacebook has now explained in a detailed blog post what caused the outage - and why it took so long to fix. The three apps – which are all owned by Facebook, and run on shared infrastructure – stopped working shortly before 5pm UK time on Monday. WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are now back online after being down for more than six hours in a major outage.
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |