The YUGE social media network went dark for a half a day yesterday….
That was the good part….
A Facebook insider is singing insider info before Congress right now ….
THAT will be a longer time problem…..
The insider is talking about Facebook’s negative impact on children….
Around six hours after Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram went down, service started coming back online, though coverage was still spotty.
Facebook (FB), Instagram and WhatsApp all suffered outages midday Monday, according to public statements from the three Facebook services.
Outage tracking site Down Detector logged tens of thousands of reports for each of the services. Facebook’s own site would not load at all; Instagram and WhatsApp were accessible, but could not load new content or send messages.
The outage came amid mounting difficulties for the company….
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On Sunday, “60 Minutes” aired a segment in which Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen claimed the company is aware of how its platforms are used to spread hate, violence and misinformation, and that Facebook has tried to hide that evidence. Facebook has pushed back on those claims….
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The interview followed weeks of reporting about and criticism of Facebook after Haugen released thousands of pages of internal documents to regulators and the Wall Street Journal. Haugen is set to testify before the Senate subcommittee on Consumer Protection, Product Safety, and Data Security on Tuesday.
In her prepared testimony obtained by CNN on Monday ahead of her appearance before the subcommittee, Haugen said, “I came forward because I recognized a frightening truth: almost no one outside of Facebook knows what happens inside Facebook.”
Facebook declined to comment Monday.
The fact that Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all experienced significant issues for around six hours was a major event for many users….
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