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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp restored after 9-hour long outage
Jul 04, 201908:55 AM
Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp restored after 9-hour long outage
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Facebook on Wednesday issued a statement saying that an issue with uploading or sending media files on its apps and platforms has been resolved.

 

In a statement on Twitter, Facebook said, “Earlier today, some people and businesses experienced trouble uploading or sending images, videos and other files on our apps and platforms. The issue has since been resolved and we should be back at 100% for everyone. We’re sorry for any inconvenience.”

 

In the meantime, a clarification was also issued by official account of Instagram on Twitter saying that it is back. It said, “We’re back! The issue has been resolved and we should be back at 100% for everyone. We’re sorry for any inconvenience.”

 

Earlier in the day, many users globally were not able to send and receive images, videos and other files over its social media platforms including WhatsApp and Instagram, and the social media company said it was working to fix the problem.

 

“During one of our routine maintenance operations, we triggered an issue that is making it difficult for some people to upload or send photos and videos,” Facebook had said.

 

Facebook, which gets tens of millions of dollars from advertising revenue daily, declined to comment when asked whether it will refund businesses. In a similar incident in March, the company said it would consider refunding advertisers for lost exposure.

 

“The disruption appears to be related to an internal infrastructure or application issue,” said ThousandEyes, a company that monitors internet traffic globally.

 

The partial outage frustrated users of the world’s largest social network, with many taking to Twitter to complain.

 

More than 14,000 users reported issues with Instagram, while more than 7,500 and 1,600 users complained about Facebook and WhatsApp, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

 

Downdetector’s live outage map showed the issues were mainly in parts of Europe and the United States.

 

-Agencies

 

 

 

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