{"id":19273,"date":"2021-11-29T17:49:46","date_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/uncategorized\/facebook-blackout-is-one-of-the-platforms-worst\/"},"modified":"2021-11-29T17:49:46","modified_gmt":"2021-11-29T17:49:46","slug":"facebook-blackout-is-one-of-the-platforms-worst","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedailyherald.co.uk\/business-markets\/facebook-blackout-is-one-of-the-platforms-worst\/","title":{"rendered":"Facebook Blackout Is One Of The Platform\u2019s Worst"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Topline After more than five hours of being offline, Facebook said one of the worst outages in the company\u2019s history is drawing to a close, a blackout that also downed the tech giant\u2019s other major social media platforms, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger. Tens of thousands of Facebook users faced outages on the company\u2019s platforms on Monday. Getty Images Key Facts Facebook said in a statement that the company\u2019s apps were coming back online Monday evening, although CTO Mike Schroepfer said it \u201cmay take some time\u201d for services to go back to 100% functionality. In public statements, the company and officials were apologetic about the outage and the effect it had on Facebook\u2019s millions of users. It\u2019s still unclear what exactly caused the outage, but experts believe it\u2019s tied to problems with the company\u2019s internet infrastructure that allows internet users to interact with Facebook products. Tangent Facebook shares plunged 5% amid a broader tech sell-off, pushing the stock nearly 15% below an all-time high set just last month&#8230;. 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