Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms were down for about six hours across the world on Monday.
The social media company said it was “aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app” and it was working on restoring access. The company did not say what might be causing the outage, which began around 11:45 ET. Users reported being unable to access Facebook in California, New York and Europe.
KGO hosts Nikki Medoro, Pat Thurston, Chip Franklin and John Rothmann discuss the social media giant’s outage.
Nikki Medoro – Yesterday’s worldwide social media outage piles on Facebook’s woes
On the heels of the Facebook whistleblower exposing internal documents showing they value profit over facts, ABC News Correspondent Aaron Katersky updates the Morning Show with Nikki Medoro about yesterday’s Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp outage and its effect on business worldwide.
Pat Thurston: Facebook, Whatsapp and Instagram suffer outage
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Chip Franklin – Faceboook Outage + Vaccine Outrage
ABC’s Brian Clark has the details on the social media giant’s outtage. Later, Chip takes more of your COVID-19 calls.
John Rothmann – Profit over safety at Facebook
Were you inconvenienced by the social media outage today?
The outage came the morning after “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.