WASHINGTON, Nov 21, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – Facebook said Tuesday users had
trouble accessing the social network and its other applications such as
Instagram for a chunk of the day due to a server software problem.
It was the second instance in the past two weeks in which technical issues
appeared to affect access to Facebook.
“Earlier today, a server configuration caused intermittent problems across
all apps globally, creating a degraded experience for users,” a Facebook
spokesperson told AFP.
“The issue has since been resolved, we are back to 100 percent for
everyone, and we’re sorry for any inconvenience.”
The independent monitoring site Downdetector showed a map indicating that
outages affected most parts of the world, especially in North America, Europe
and Asia.
Outages seemed to stretch from the early morning into the afternoon in
California, where the leading social network has its headquarters.
The hashtag #FacebookDown trended on Twitter.
Tweeted banter included jokes about people actually getting work done,
meeting one another in real life, or flocking to Twitter while not being able
to get to Facebook.
Facebook, which operates the Instagram photo-sharing platform and the
WhatsApp and Messenger applications, has been under pressure in recent weeks
over its handling of misinformation campaigns, and its hiring of a
consultancy that sought to do damage control for the company.
Facebook has more than 2.2 billion active users worldwide.
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