{"id":15505,"date":"2021-10-04T20:45:03","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:45:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=15505"},"modified":"2021-10-04T20:45:15","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T00:45:15","slug":"facebook-and-instagram-back-after-longest-worldwide-outage-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2021\/10\/04\/facebook-and-instagram-back-after-longest-worldwide-outage-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook and Instagram back after longest worldwide outage ever"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook&#8217;s&nbsp;platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp, suffered from&nbsp;widespread outages&nbsp;Monday. The global outages continued for about 7 hours. Facebook and Instagram appear to have recovered as of Monday afternoon around 6 p.m. Eastern.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"918\" height=\"506\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1110px) 100vw, 1110px\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/10\/Facebook-and-Instagram.webp?resize=918%2C506&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-15506\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At 6:33 p.m., the company confirmed that its services had been restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;To the huge community of people and businesses around the world who depend on us: we&#8217;re sorry. We\u2019ve been working hard to restore access to our apps and services and are happy to report they are coming back online now. Thank you for bearing with us,&#8221; the official Facebook Twitter feed announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Facebook spokesman Andy Stone also tweeted an apology, adding that he was &#8220;happy to report [Facebook&#8217;s services] are coming back online now.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">According to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/downdetector.com\/status\/facebook\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DownDetecter<\/a>, thousands of users across the globe began reporting outages on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp and Oculus around 11 a.m. Eastern Time on Monday.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook&#8217;s&nbsp;platforms, including Instagram and WhatsApp, suffered from&nbsp;widespread outages&nbsp;Monday. The global outages continued for about 7 hours. 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