Facebook experienced outages for nearly a day, blames 'server' problems
Facebook users around the world reported issues logging into and posting on the site as well as on Instagram and WhatsApp thoughout the day on Wednesday. The outages lasted about a full day, and was Facebook's longest downtime ever.
"Yesterday, as a result of a server configuration change, many people had trouble accessing our apps and services," the statement said."We've now resolved the issues and our systems are recovering. We're very sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate everyone's patience."Facebook acknowledged the outage in a tweet Wednesday, saying,"We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps.
Reports of problems with Facebook peaked at over 12,000 worldwide late Wednesday according to Downdetector, a website where users can report problems on apps and websites. Downdetector listed over 300 reports Thursday morning, and many people reported their access had been restored, but Facebook has not yet confirmed the issues were resolved.
At a Facebook event at the South by Southwest conference in Austin, Texas Wednesday, the company's head of video products cracked a joke when he ran into technical issues.
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