FACEBOOK, INSTAGRAM, WHATSAPP GONE: WHATCHA GOING TO DO?
Once again, technology proves fallible…
It appears that Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Facebook Messenger are not just down – they’re GONE!
According to the backbone of the internet, the Domain Name System (DNS), the domains simply do not exist! More technically, the BGP (Border Gateway Protocol) routes serving Facebook’s authoritative DNS were withdrawn, rendering all Facebook domains invisible and inaccessible.
Whether accidental or deliberate, someone or something canceled them -- for real.
The timing is suspicious because the outage comes, coincidently, after the release of damaging insider documents from a whistleblower who debuted on CBS News’ “60 Minutes.”
Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.” Scott Pelley reports.
<See the interview and read the full transcript: Source> |
Bottom line…
Facebook, its subsidiaries, affiliates, employees, and customers are ZUCKED! A lesson in single-point “chokehold” failures.
Even Facebook employees trying to enter their buildings or use any of their Facebook tools and messaging systems are said to be affected.
Luckily, the engineers at Facebook fixed the problem after the hours-long disappearance. How much time, effort, and money could have been lost if the problem persisted for days or weeks?
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