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Facebook users forced to log out of accounts unexpectedly due to Configuration change
A so-called configuration change at the back-end forced some Facebook users to log out of their acc…
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A lurker's worst nightmare — a Facebook bug sent friend requests to profiles that users were looking at
If you checked the Facebook profile of a crush, coworker, or someone you're not friends with, you m…
Will Gendron
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Facebook says its massive outage was due to a 'server configuration change'
Do you work at Facebook? Contact this reporter via Signal or WhatsApp at +1 (650) 636-6268 using a …
Rob Price
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Facebook users report bizarre glitch that spammed their feeds with posts from celebrity pages
Multiple users complained that their feeds were being spammed with posts from celebrity accounts on…
Beatrice Nolan
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Here's what we've learned so far about Facebook's global outage
Facebook-owned apps and even Facebook's internal-communications tools went offline Monday. Here are…
Tyler Sonnemaker,Sarah Jackson
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For some influencers, yesterday's Facebook outage was a snow day. Others almost lost thousands in brand deals
With Facebook and Instagram down for almost six hours, influencers were forced to take the day off …
Teresa Xie
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Facebook shareholders lost nearly $50 billion in the 9 hours that the social network, WhatsApp and Instagram were down
WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook are down in India and several other markets in the world. T…
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Meta is taking away employees' free on-site laundry perk
Meta is cutting some of its famous perks as some employees prepare to return to the office on March…
Isobel Asher Hamilton
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Snapchat and Telegram usage spiked while Facebook was down
Telegram gained 70 million new users and Snapchat use reportedly increased by over 20% while Facebo…
Emily Walsh
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After suffering two outages in a week, Instagram is testing a feature that lets you know when it's having issues so you won't think it's just your internet
Instagram is testing a feature to notify users when outages or issues occur after the app, alongsid…
Sarah Jackson
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Experts say it's 'theoretically possible' the Facebook outage was connected to a whistleblower's bombshell claims against the company - but not likely
Experts told Insider that hackers could have attacked the platform to prove a point, but the timing…
Katie Canales,Hannah Towey
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A simple explanation of Facebook's massive outage and why it took so long to fix
Facebook said it had "no evidence that user data was compromised" as a result of this downtime, whi…
Tyler Sonnemaker
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Can I watch Netflix on a Facebook Portal? Yes — here's how to use Portal TV to stream shows and movies
You can access Netflix's entire library of shows and movies with the Facebook Portal TV, the only P…
Emma Witman
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Do you need a Facebook account to use Portal? No — here's how to use the video-calling devices with WhatsApp and Workplace
You do not need a Facebook account to use Portal video-chat devices, though using a Portal without …
Emma Witman
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Instagram and Facebook were down for some users in North America and Europe
Instagram and Facebook were down temporarily for thousands of users on Thursday afternoon, a Facebo…
Avery Hartmans
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Searching Twitter for 'racist' brings up Trump's account
Amid protests across the US over the death of African-American George Floyd, a search for the term …
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Internet pioneer Paul Vixie thinks we're giving up both privacy and speed thanks to the way we've configured our internet connections
The round-trip time required to send an alphabetic address up to some organization's DNS server, ha…
Troy Wolverton
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How to appear offline on Facebook everywhere you have an 'active status'
It's worth pointing out that you can make it appear that you're offline only for certain users. If …
Dave Johnson
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Facebook is down!
In January, Facebook went down for an hour and people reportedly called 911 to report the outage.&#…
Maya Kosoff
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540 million Facebook users had sensitive personal data left exposed by app developers
The findings highlight how Facebook's years of lax oversight over how app developers could access u…