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Facebook Explains How Massive Outage Happened

On October 4 a technical issue took down Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram, as well as many of the company’s internal systems. Now, Facebook has put out an official statement explaining the cause of the downtime, attributing it to a technical error and clarifying that no third party was involved.”Our engineering teams have learned that configuration…

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Facebook bans Taliban-related content on all its platforms

Facebook has moved to block any content supporting the Taliban on any of its platforms, including WhatsApp and Instagram. The ban comes as a response to the Taliban’s resurgence in Afghanistan and recent capture of Kabul. It has been reported that Taliban militia have used WhatsApp, which is end-to-end encrypted, to communicate. Furthermore, the terrorist…

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