Facebook explains error that caused global outage
Engineers’ command accidentally disconnected company’s network from rest of world, blogpost says
‘Congress will be taking action’: key takeaways from the Facebook whistleblower hearing
Frances Haugen’s testimony spotlighted the negative effects of social media’s impact on children and called for regulation of the company
Facebook outage highlights global over-reliance on its services
Shutdown heavily impacts ability to communicate and do business for many of platform’s 2.8 billion users
Facebook whistleblower hearing: Frances Haugen calls for more regulation of tech giant – as it happened
Former Facebook employee who warned company puts profit before safety urged US senators to take action
‘It was scary at first’: social media users on the Facebook outage
Three people tell how they were affected by the temporary loss of the site, and WhatsApp and Instagram
Facebook whistleblower accuses firm of serially misleading over safety
Frances Haugen filed at least eight complaints against the company regarding its approach to safety
The global outage just adds to Facebook’s many recent woes
In the past month the social media empire has faced headaches ranging from accusations of putting profit over public good, to calls for it to be broken up
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Facebook outage: what went wrong and why did it take so long to fix after social platform went down?
Billions of users were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for hours while the social media giant scrambled to restore services
Facebook whistleblower to take her story before the US Senate
Frances Haugen, who came forward accusing the company of putting profit over safety, will testify in Washington on Tuesday
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp working again after global outage took down platforms
Users in UK, US, Australia and other countries find services inaccessible as company apologises
Facebook platforms back online – as it happened
The company and its network of services were hit by an outage in several countries, affecting millions of people – follow live
Facebook is down – but you can still get your misinformation fix
With WhatsApp and Instagram MIA, now’s your chance to experience the internet without Zuck looking over your shoulder
Facebook putting profit before public good, says whistleblower Frances Haugen
Internal papers show firm is lying about making progress against hate, violence and misinformation, ex-employee says
How losing a friend to misinformation drove Facebook whistleblower
Frances Haugen was frustrated that Facebook was not publicly acknowledging the harm its platforms could cause