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Mashable's parent company, J2, uses Workplace for internal communications as well.) (Note: Mashable's publisher, Ziff Davis, owns DownDetector.

Facebook employees told the New York Times that it was difficult to get work done in the company without Workplace, equating today to a 'snow day.' Workplace, Facebook's internal communications platform, is effected by the downtime as well. Users are experiencing issues with the company's other platforms like WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger as well, according to Downdetector.

The downtime isn't only affecting the social network and the photo sharing service either. No, it's not just your internet connection.įacebook and Instagram are indeed facing widespread outages. Meanwhile, Cloudflare has just posted a deep dive explainer into what actually happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp today. Some users are reporting that Facebook and Instagram's websites are starting to resolve and newsfeeds are beginning to load again. EDT Facebook is finally getting some of its platforms back online. AEDT Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are finally back up after a six-hour outage, though whether this is a good or bad thing depends on your point of view. We also have no evidence that user data was compromised as a result of this downtime.' The post offered few concrete details about the incident, but apologized 'to all those affected'. AEDT Facebook published a brief post about the outage, saying 'We want to make clear at this time we believe the root cause of this outage was a faulty configuration change.

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