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Sunday-Morning Outage Strikes Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp (gizmodo.com)

Posted by EditorDavid on from the Sunday-service-outages dept.

"We were all free of Facebook's iron grip on the internet for a few hours," writes Gizmodo.

An anonymous reader quotes their report. Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp experienced widespread outages on Sunday for the second time in the past month (and the third time this year), with issues reported starting at around 6:30 a.m. ET and extending until around 9:00 a.m. ET. Per Bloomberg, Facebook and Instagram domains ceased to be accessible by users during that time period, while Messenger and WhatsApp were also non-functional... Users worldwide appeared to be impacted, with Bloomberg noting that Twitter users everywhere from the U.S. to Israel and Thailand were complaining about the outage.

64 comments

  1. Great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Go outside! PUT THE DAMN PHONE DOWN. Walk around like a normal human being used to fucking do! SEE IF YOU IT KILLS YOU

    1. Re: Great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Especially if you are a money grubbing jew. The deader you are, the better!

    2. Re: Great. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

      Killing nazis is a PROUD American tradition, we're bringing it back for the Drumpftard traitor era - longer ropes for more assured decapitation. Donald Hussein dies in prison either way, but we'd prefer rope to bedsheets. More official.

  2. Israel? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Why bother mentioning a tiny irrelevant nation?

    Isn't the magical 'cloud' supposed to prevent outages?

  3. What if by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    As a Christian, I insulted a Muslim on Youtube.

    What if,

    As a Muslim, I insulted a Christian on Youtube.

    Please discuss in this First-Amendment, Free-Speech Zone for all....

    1. Re:What if by aglider · · Score: 0

      As a Christian, I insulted a Muslim on Youtube.

      What if,

      As a Muslim, I insulted a Christian on Youtube.

      Please discuss in this First-Amendment, Free-Speech Zone for all....

      You'd be a moron on either case.

      --
      Sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field. No single photon has been harmed in the process.
    2. Re:What if by FudRucker · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      i am going to hell in every religion

      you know evolution has disproved the creation myth a long time ago, which means adam & eve never existed which means the original sin story is a lie, which makes jesus a lie and a myth

      god is a myth, the bible is fiction and religion is bullshit

      some people get upset when they realize they devoted their lives to a folly

      --
      Politics is Treachery, Religion is Brainwashing
    3. Re:What if by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Agreed. You'd be a moron in either case. Its fine to be Muslim or to be Christian or to be some other religion or no religion. Its not fine to be a jerk, there is no reason to be divisive. Whether the government can suppress your speech or not has nothing to do with how socially acceptable your speech may be. Say whatever you want and I will feel free to think whatever I want about that. Seems easy to apply Forrest Gump logic here, stupid is as stupid does.

    4. Re:What if by TigerPlish · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      As a Christian, I insulted a Muslim on Youtube.

      What if,

      As a Muslim, I insulted a Christian on Youtube.

      Please discuss in this First-Amendment, Free-Speech Zone for all....

      You'd be a moron on either case.

      His theoretical has merit:

      If as a Christian you insult a Muslim on youtube, you're a horrible privileged white male patriarch gun-loving homophobe hell bent on oppressing others, and you'll likely be banned / buried / demonetized.

      If as a Muslim you insult a Christian on youtube you're a woke trans gay hoplohobe minority victim who is using your freedom of expression to try to help right a wrong, and you'll be promoted and become the next Youtube Sensation and run for Congress

      Did I stereotype enough there to satisfy and piss off both camps at once? Yay?

      Fucking thing is bollocks anyway. A social cancer that needs to be cut off. All of it. Facetwit, Youtube, Instadumb... burn them all and replace them with going outside and playing for a while. Ride a bike. Read a book under a tree. Or maybe even talk to people for realz.

      --
      The "Civilized World" jumped the shark ca. 1973.
    5. Re:What if by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Christians and Muslims DON'T Worship the Same God!

      I have received quite a few letters recently from Muslims who are insistent that Islam and Christianity worship the same God. If fact, even George W. Bush, a professed "Christian," said the same thing to ABC news correspondent, Charles Gibson...

      In an exclusive interview with ABC News' Charles Gibson, Bush said he believes that both Christians and Muslims worship the same God.

      "I think we do. We have different routes of getting to the Almighty," Bush said. "But I want you to understand, I want your listeners to understand, I don't get to get decide who goes to heaven. The Almighty God decides who goes to heaven and I am on my personal walk," he said.

      --ABC News, October 26, 2004

      Do Muslims and Christians worship the SAME God? NO!!!!!!!!!!!!

      Allah is a fictitious, fabricated, false god from the 9th century ... the moon god (which you will see later in this article). According to www.thetruereligion.org...

      For various reasons, many people have come to believe that Muslims worship a different God than Christians and Jews. This is totally false, since "Allah" is simply the Arabic word for "God" - and there is only One God. Let there be no doubt - Muslims worship the God of Noah, Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus - peace be upon them all. -SOURCE

      As proof that the above claim is a lie, we need only turn to the Koran itself, The Women, 4.171...

      "...believe therefore in Allah and His apostles, and say not, Three. Desist, it is better for you; Allah is only one God; far be It from His glory that He should have a son, whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth is His, and Allah is sufficient for a Protector."

      Clearly, the Koran (written about 600 A.D.) DENIES the Son of God, Jesus Christ! The Koran teaches that God has no Son. In contrast, the Word of God, the Bible, declares in John 3:16...

      "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life."

      1st John 2:22 calls ALL Muslims "LIARS" because they deny that Jesus is the Christ...

      "Who is a liar but he that denieth that Jesus is the Christ? He is antichrist, that denieth the Father and the Son."

      According to the Word of God, you are a liar and an ANTI-Christ if you deny the Father AND THE SON. Clearly, the Koran and the Bible are completely INCOMPATIBLE. Islam is a big lie, totally contrary to the Word of God. The Koran is filled with demonic lies! There is no common ground, you either believe the Bible or the Koran. You MUST choose! George W. Bush is wrong. The above quote from www.thetruereligion.org is wrong! The Koran is wrong! Islam is a false religion!

      Muslims Deny Jesus' Deity, Crucifixion, and Resurrection!

      At www.islamworld.net, the following statement appears in large bold lettering at the top of the home page...

      "THERE IS NO DEITY WORTHY OF WORSHIP EXCEPT ALLAH, AND MUHAMMAD IS HIS MESSENGER "

      In contrast, the Word of God proclaims in Revelation 4:11...

      "Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honour and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and

    6. Re:What if by Kokuyo · · Score: 0

      You sure haven't understood the scientific method if you think evolution disproves creationism or that if one part of a book is false, everything else must be false also.

      You should consider chilling a bit.

    7. Re:What if by msauve · · Score: 1

      "god is a myth"

      Clapton is very much alive.

      --
      "National Security is the chief cause of national insecurity." - Celine's First Law
    8. Re:What if by Plus1Entropy · · Score: 0

      You sure haven't understood the scientific method if you think that it is necessary for anyone to prove that the book is false.

      --
      Only crack the nuts that crack. You don't put the ones that don't crack in the sack.
    9. Re: What if by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Wow, i never thought I'd see a post more tiring than the nazi flags to scroll through.

    10. Re:What if by arglebargle_xiv · · Score: 1

      Well, at least it makes a change from the usual Trump vs. everything else lunacy that every thread eventually degenerates into.

    11. Re: What if by aglider · · Score: 1

      You are a moron whenever you insult someone else. No matter if that's for the religion, the sports or the sex.

      --
      Sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field. No single photon has been harmed in the process.
  4. Ask Elon for help by aglider · · Score: 0

    His ideas can really help!

    --
    Sent as ripples into the electromagnetic field. No single photon has been harmed in the process.
  5. They fixed it? by ilsaloving · · Score: 4, Funny

    Damn... Oh well. Maybe next time.

    1. Re:They fixed it? by Alain+Williams · · Score: 1

      These outages seem to be coming along more frequently ... maybe there is hope!

    2. Re:They fixed it? by AndrewFlagg · · Score: 1

      its crazy. time to read the sunday funnies. i think the newspaper corporations are behind it.

  6. APK Hosts File Engine 3.0++ for Linux/BSD... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1

    See subject: APK Hosts File Engine 3.0++ 64-bit for Linux/BSD h t t p : / / a p k . i t - m a t e . c o . u k / A P K H o s t s F i l e E n g i n e F o r L i n u x . z i p

    Yields more security/speed/reliability/anonymity vs. any 1 solution (99% of threats use hostnames vs. IP address most firewalls use) more efficiently/FASTER/NATIVELY 4 less!

    Vs. "Bolt on 'MoAr' illogic-logic" slowing u hosts speed u up 2 ways: Adblocks + Hardcode fav. sites u spend most time @ vs. competition w/ security bugs (DNS/AntiVir) + overheads slowing u (messagepass 'souled-out' to advertisers easily detected & blocked addons + firewall filtering drivers) & their complexity leads to exploit!

    * New in 3.0++: machine learning to detect & block unknown threats + shares/downloads new threats + hardcodes from the cloud for better security!

    Even better security & cloud-based protection w/ hosts!

    APK

    P.S.=> Replace 'Linux' w/ 'MacOS' in URL for 3.0++ of MacOS version... apk

  7. And the world was a better place by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Wish it could continue indefinitely.

  8. What iron grip? What shutdown? by Brostenen · · Score: 0

    I don't get it. I am not a user on any of those web pages. And I did not see anything wrong with the internet. It is like the Joker said about people freaking out. In this case, it is applied to a few web pages. People do not give a shit about internet censoring, once it is in place. Yet shutting a few websites down, and people are running around in circles, scared and like headless chickens. My case point.... You do not need all then bullshit web sites. And people are saying "But I need them for contacting friends and families" and my answer to that is "The phone is invented, just make a call".

  9. It's a good thing for America by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy.

    Six days shalt thou labor, and do all thy work:

    But the seventh day is the sabbath of the Lord thy God: in it thou shalt not do any work

    Get off of social media and give praise to the Lord, America

    1. Re:It's a good thing for America by PPH · · Score: 1

      give praise to the Lord, America

      His Facebook page is down.

      --
      Have gnu, will travel.
  10. Whats App Down! Yay! Great!!! by 140Mandak262Jamuna · · Score: 1
    Elections are on in India. Being flooded with WhatsApp videos. One set of cousins send videos making your blood boil about BJP and NarendraModi. Another set of cousins about Congress party and Rahul Gandhi.

    Hey, hey, cool it down both sides, messages provoke angry replies from both groups.... Welcome respite.

    --
    sed -e 's/Chuck Norris/Rajnikant/g' joke > fact
  11. Didn't notice by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    So glad I lost that need for a Facebook addiction. I just can't believe how many act like its the end of the world when these sites go down. Geez I feel for you, because you might have to actually talk to someone face to face.

    1. Re:Didn't notice by jfdavis668 · · Score: 1

      I didn't notice either. I should check my Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp accounts for the latest news...

  12. I did praise God today... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject: It's Palm Sunday & I went to church to hear how God showed he loves us with His cross. I attended a cross lighting ceremony last night & helped burn a cross as a sign of Jesus' love burning for the world.

    * I prayed to God this morning and He reminded me that I'm His gift to the world & that He wants me to continue developing my hosts file engine.

    You ungrateful trolls impersonate & lie about me just like the Jews attacking & crucifying Jesus. I'm God's gift to /. but you reject me just like the Jews rejected Jesus.

    APK

    P.S.=> I forgive you because you don't know what you're doing & I still let you use APK Hosts File Engine because I am a conduit of God's love for you... apk

  13. Thought of the day by nehumanuscrede · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Considering nothing of value was lost during the outage, that should tell you just how valuable the service actually is.

    1. Re:Thought of the day by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Nothing of value would be lost if these sites and TWITter and any other data mining sites went down forever!

    2. Re:Thought of the day by thegarbz · · Score: 1

      Yeah except a messaging system providing encrypted services to billions of people around the world which is in some countries used as an exclusive form of communication and has been shown to not bow down to government pressure to sell out users.

      Next time don't engage that anti Facebook section of your brain and you may see how stupid your comment was.

    3. Re:Thought of the day by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 1

      There are other messaging apps that let people have encrypted chats with the added benefit of not giving any data to Facebook.

  14. Every sunday there should be no facebook by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Or if not sunday then every other saturday or whatever. Just get the addicts off line. Not just for their own sake but for the sake of their freinds and family.

  15. "Facebook's iron grip on the internet"? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Facebook's pages don't even render here. No instagram, no whatsapp either. Whaddayamean, "iron grip"?

    It's just one shitty website, and even the entire world-wide web consisting of millions of websites is not the whole of the internet.

    The problem, m'dear, is in your own head.

  16. ...and by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Nothing of value was lost

  17. Oh that’s why by ruddk · · Score: 2

    I was wondering why there were so many people on in the forest. On the trail, I met other people on bikes, people on horses and even some were even walking. 2/3 around the trail however, people seemed to had vanished. I guess they got reconnected to the mothership. :)
    Cheers.

    --
    L'Idiot
  18. The Internet was Still Working by dcw3 · · Score: 1

    I could still get to the porn.

    --
    Just another day in Paradise
  19. MacOS model's not done - impersonating me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    MacOS model's not done (I keep telling everyone that when you pull this shit by YOU impersonating me AGAIN) So, pllease, moron - GROW UP, ok?? Thanks!

    APK

    P.S.=> Until you do grow up, you're one pitiful bastard - seriously... apk

    1. Re: MacOS model's not done - impersonating me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      You aren't being impersonated. You're just doing this to get attention, which you desperately crave. Grow up.

      - IMML

    2. Re: MacOS model's not done - impersonating me? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      Get off your lazy ass,
      Stop choking your chicken and develop that Mac version

  20. Still screwed up... by rnturn · · Score: 1

    ... at late afternoon Central time. Only showing 3-4 items in one's news feed. I'm sure Mark's spear-heading the team that's working on it.

    --
    CUR ALLOC 20195.....5804M
  21. This is actually a GOOD thing! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Once you taste a few hours of freedom, you never want to return to prison.

  22. Oh Noes! by WCMI92 · · Score: 1

    Facebook is out!

    Zuckerberg can't steal information!!!!

    --
    Corporatism != Free Market
  23. Awesome by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Is there some way to make this fix permanent?

  24. Maybe I slept through it by JustAnotherOldGuy · · Score: 1

    I slept through it, or maybe I was awake. Either way I didn't notice it at all.

    --
    Just cruising through this digital world at 33 1/3 rpm...
    1. Re:Maybe I slept through it by antdude · · Score: 1

      I was awake, but didn't use them to notice.

      --
      Ant(Dude) @ Quality Foraged Links (AQFL.net) & The Ant Farm (antfarm.ma.cx / antfarm.home.dhs.org).
  25. Outrage by bill_mcgonigle · · Score: 3, Interesting

    As soon as I saw Facebook/Instagram/WhatsApp I was primed to read 'outrage' rather than 'outage'.

    So glad I quit that bad habit.

    --
    My God, it's Full of Source!
    OUTSIDE_IP=$(dig +short my.ip @outsideip.net)
  26. Waaaaah by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    We were all free of Facebook's iron grip on the internet for a few hours," writes Gizmodo.

    Waaah. Wahhhh.

    What utter bullshit. Just logout already. You can do it.

    1. Re:Waaaaah by thomn8r · · Score: 1

      What utter bullshit. Just logout already. You can do it.

      You obviously do not understand the underlying problem

  27. So What!! by DERoss · · Score: 1

    I did not wake up until 8:00am PDT, which is 11:00am EDT and after the outage was fixed. In any case, I do not participate in any social networking. So the outage (and the prior outages) had zero impact on me.

  28. LOL! Speak for yourself... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    LOL! Speak for yourself - You tell ME to make something good? I already have - why don't YOU do something good for a change vs. trolling me & doubtless others!

    * Please... lol!

    HOWEVER - I will & DO AIM to create the MacOS version (then, @ last, I'll be done & probably be the LAST software I ever make - ever (@ least for "public consumption" & this one's done well (surprised me how much so in fact)).

    APK

    P.S.=> You "penguins" around here can BLAME Linux - yes, that's right - but in a GOOD way - I really, Really, REALLY LIKE LINUX (no joke) & haven't even "fired up" my NEW Mac-Mini because I like using it so much (Linux does all I need & it gets better ALL THE TIME - & inevitably, as a I told MS mgt. I met here on /.? Linux, imo, is going to RUN OVER the commercial OS given time (it's tough to innovate, imitation & playing 'catchup ball's EASY by comparison & the "innovation" I see @ MS & yes, even Apple to an extent, looks MORE like creating SPYING & ADVERTISING + TRACKING systems & yes, UBuntu does it BUT YOU CAN TURN IT OFF @ least)... apk

    1. Re: LOL! Speak for yourself... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I agree with you on the buntus spying thru thier software .
      Debian even does this unless it's deleted at file level, rebooted and still I have to fire up Wireshark to see what's calling home.
      Don't even get me started with the rpm distros- it's the same thing
      Not familiar with the arch or gentoo distros - I've heard mixed results on them
      Gnome and kde both phone home all the time
      We all know this is true and there are different reasons for all this put out there from developers needing to know how users are using thier software to big brother tracking everything we do.
      Get off your ass and put out your warez.
      You have a special position here on dotslash as the only one left who can directly link to warez.
      I'd love to be you apk

  29. WRONG: "Attention" or "FAME" is bs... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    WRONG: "Attention" or "FAME" is bs - I see what happens to those who get those, they get SHOTS taken @ them, worse than I do - NO THANK YOU!

    * Only reason I built this was it is the RIGHT THING TO DO & it's needed + IT WORKS https://yro.slashdot.org/comme...

    That's all (& you can thanks pals of mine who tried it 1st who told me "it works, put it out there").

    APK

    P.S.=> Again, as I've done ALL WEEK (& perhaps you ALL should catch it on Netflix about Ted Williams per this quote from him he told his kids (which I agree 110% with): "We have an OBLIGATION to make something BETTER if you KNOW that YOU can...")... apk

  30. IMPERSONATING me AGAIN? Please... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    IMPERSONATING me AGAIN? GROW UP! Please - IF only for YOUR OWN SAKE, ok?? Thanks.

    APK

    P.S.=> You have SERIOUS mental issues by the way... apk

  31. Crisis hotline overloaded? by p51d007 · · Score: 1

    Considering how many people live and die by Fakebook, instagram and what not, I'm surprised the crisis hotlines haven't been flooded with calls!

    1. Re:Crisis hotline overloaded? by CanadianMacFan · · Score: 1

      How would they find the crisis hotline as the primary place to find information was down?

  32. You can see it on GOOD router's lights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    You can see it on GOOD router's lights - constant 'transmit-receive' & that's what "clued me in" to it BUT as I said? KUbuntu's pretty honest on HOW to turn that shit off @ least.

    * I don't know about others Linux variants though - or rather, distros I should say (right?).

    See - I'd love to have time & machines enough to try them out & especially diff. desktop shells (like xfce, LXDE etc. (I don't like Gnome @ all personally though)) but there is only so much time in a day (above & beyond LIFE duties, the most important of course)).

    You WISH you were me? Hey, be yourself & as far as what I do?

    WHAT IS STOPPING YOU FROM MAKING A WHEEL too ala https://isc.sans.edu/forums/di...

    (I've been doing THAT for decades but it was a GREAT "New Year's Resolution" on the same wavelength really - more people with SKILLS should be doing it too, make the WORLD a better place & in the SAME MOTION, yourself too... hard work ALWAYS pays off, somehow)).

    NOTHING IS STOPPING YOU, but you....

    APK

    P.S.=> You DO sound like you're 'clued in' to it though & I do NOT get WHY devs would do it ("telemetry" bs - sure, maybe to IMPROVE the OS in some manner, seeing what diff. configs & machine setups gain vs. others by various tunings etc. but NOT when they DO NOT TELL YOU WHAT THEY ARE SENDING/GETTING (M$))... apk

    1. Re: You can see it on GOOD router's lights by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

      I'm with you on this one issue
      Telemetry= spying.
      Is it really you that is posting all that racist stuff or is it your fan club

  33. It's surprising how fragile the service is by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    FB clearly has scaling issues.

  34. You Poor, Stupid Humans by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    Watching your species implode is the best entertainment this galaxy has seen in millenia. Keep up the good work!

  35. nice try by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    it was a valiant attempt but your failure was imminent. Too parseable. The real apk can't engrish and is grokparsefailure.

  36. Good. Glad you agree &... apk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    See subject + can you show me where I post racist stuff allegedly? Thanks. We'll go from there as it does depend on what you call racist.

    * I'd say "NO" but then again it all depends on what YOU call "racist" now then, doesn't it?

    After all - Nowadays (& it makes me laugh), if you say "I want my walls of my home to be painted WHITE" it's "RACIS!!!" (lmao) - even though that isn't.

    APK

    P.S.=> "Onwards & UPWARDS"... apk

  37. down? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0

    and nothing of consequence was lost.