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Services provided by Facebook WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger are all currently unavailable. For more than three hours, all Facebook applications have been unavailable, making this the longest Facebook outage in recent memory. The business verified this with tweets across its numerous corporate identities, including the Facebook app, Instagram, and WhatsApp (because Twitter is currently the only major social platform operating).
It assured that the app will be back up and running shortly, however the firm has yet to explain why this happened. However, the general belief today is that the outage is caused by a DNS issue, and that because it has also impacted Facebook's internal systems, obtaining a remedy is also hampered.
According to reports on outage tracker Offline Detector, Facebook services have been down since 9 p.m. on Monday. When Gadgets 360 tried to use Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger, they were all consistently unavailable. It's unclear what's causing the problems right now, but it looks to be a global outage based on reports on Down Detector's US website. Facebook's stock was also down 5% at the time of writing.
The Facebook outage has also provided a chance for competitors, with Signal tweeting that it has experienced a large surge of customers who are now unable to send messages using WhatsApp. The incident is thought to have been caused by a DNS malfunction.
Facebook DNS and other services are down, according to Dane Knecht, an SVP at Cloudflare, as reported by The Verge. At this time, Facebook has not provided any specifics regarding the outage, although a Facebook official did acknowledge the problem and stated that the company is working into it.
Meanwhile, individuals all across the world are using Twitter to create jokes, and even Google appears to be joining in the fun. A word of caution: if you have an Oculus Quest, do not restart it while Facebook is down, as this may result in you losing access to your games, according to researcher Jane Manchun Wong. As previously said, this is the latest in a long line of Internet disruptions.
On June 8, a large portion of the Internet went down, including prominent sites like Reddit, Twitch, and Amazon. A massive outage at Amazon hit people all around the world, affecting not just the Amazon e-commerce platform, but also a large number of sites and apps that rely on Amazon's AWS infrastructure. In August 2020, there was a major outage affecting Google, which had a significant impact.
Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram are all back online following a nearly six-hour outage, according to Facebook. Facebook owns all three services, which could not be accessed through the web or through smartphone apps.
With 10.6 million issue complaints from around the world, Downdetector, a company that records outages, said it was the biggest failure it had ever seen. The last time Facebook experienced a major outage was in 2019.
