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Facebook, Instagram hit by another outage; parts of Asia, US, Canada affected

The outage was first reported at around 7:00 pm IST and the complaints peaked at 8 pm
  • The disruption of services affected users from Asia, US and Canada
  • The incident coincided with the mass shootings in Ohio and Texas. Some users reported not being able to catch up with the latest developments of the shootings in their areas: (Bloomberg)Premium
    The incident coincided with the mass shootings in Ohio and Texas. Some users reported not being able to catch up with the latest developments of the shootings in their areas: (Bloomberg)

    Several Facebook and Instagram users on Sunday reported disruption of services. The issue was first reported at around 7:00 pm IST and the outage affected users from Asia, US and Canada. Outage tracker Downdetector shows complaints peaked at around 8:00 pm and most users reported issues with updating the newsfeed on Instagram, while total blackout was the most commonly reported issue with Facebook.

    Users took to Twitter to report the outage:

    The incident coincided with the mass shootings in Ohio and Texas. Some users reported not being able to catch up with the latest developments of the shootings in their areas:

    Facebook has suffered several major outages this year, the most recent being the one on 4 July. Facebook said it was due to a routine maintenance operation that accidentally triggered a bug that made it difficult for users to upload or send photos and videos.

    Another massive worldwide outage took place on 13 March lasting as long as 24 hours that. Facebook blamed this on a "server configuration change." An estimated 2.7 billion people were affected during this outage with its core social network, Instagram and messaging applications.


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    Published: 05 Aug 2019, 12:07 AM IST
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