Why Did Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram Go Down?

from The Really Useful Podcast · host Christian Cawley, Ben Stegner

In this week's show we discuss:Facebook Whistle-blower Goes PublicWhistle-blower to Tell Senate Facebook SecretsFacebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram Go OfflineConspiracy Theories and MistruthsReasons Online Gamers Should Use a VPNCan Games Consoles Use a VPN?Christian Cawley and Ben Stegner host this podcast. You can contact them on Twitter as @thegadgetmonkey and @stegnersaurus with your suggestions for future topics. Look out for our other shows---subscribe to the Really Useful Podcast on Apple Podcasts and YouTube (be sure to hit the bell icon to be notified of new episodes) for more tips

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Facebook's entire network of online properties went offline for around 7 hours on October 5th 2021. But how did this happen and why did it appear Facebook had completely vanished? In this podcast, we take a look at the events leading up to Facebook's unscheduled downtime. This includes some theories surrounding the event and the surrounding storm instigated by whistle-blower Frances Haugen.