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Facebook, Instagram experience outages Saturday
CNN ^ | August 26, 2017: 12:35 PM ET

Posted on 08/26/2017 12:48:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin

"Earlier today, a technical issue caused some people to have trouble accessing Facebook services. We quickly investigated and are currently restoring service for everyone. We're sorry for any inconvenience," a Facebook spokesperson said.

It's unclear what caused the technical issue.

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Some had trouble logging into their Facebook account entirely, others reported having issues posting on the platform, or sharing from platforms like Twitter onto their Facebook page.

For Instagram, people reported problems logging in, refreshing their news feed, posting to Instagram Stories, "liking" photos and more.

(Excerpt) Read more at money.cnn.com ...


TOPICS: Computers/Internet
KEYWORDS: facebook; instagram; newmedia
Comes the same day as Texas officials are instructing Texans to pay no attention to "social media" reports of hurricane deaths.
1 posted on 08/26/2017 12:48:51 PM PDT by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

Great! Perhaps family ties can be restored and the cultish ideology called “progressivism” can take a day’s rest from its propaganda war against freedom.


2 posted on 08/26/2017 12:51:42 PM PDT by loveliberty2
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To: BenLurkin

#Russians


3 posted on 08/26/2017 12:55:05 PM PDT by pinkandgreenmom
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To: pinkandgreenmom

Probably taken down to install the censor software to any views but their own.


4 posted on 08/26/2017 12:56:59 PM PDT by FiddlePig (Who needs Truth & facts when you have narrative?)
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To: BenLurkin

I thought it was just me. Trying to post some secret info about UFO’s.


5 posted on 08/26/2017 1:00:49 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh my! Oh dear! Of Golly Gosh! How will we ever be able to get through a day without Facebook.


6 posted on 08/26/2017 1:04:27 PM PDT by Nothingburger
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To: smokingfrog

It finally occurred to me that people don’t believe the earth is flat because they know that it is hollow.

When really it’s both.


7 posted on 08/26/2017 1:21:42 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Oh The Huge Manatee!


8 posted on 08/26/2017 1:28:01 PM PDT by TheConservativeParty (Battlecry "COVFEFE !")
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To: BenLurkin

Oh the humanity! /sarc


9 posted on 08/26/2017 1:31:54 PM PDT by blu (If you don't read the story at the link, don't comment.)
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To: BenLurkin
I know! It's so obvious!


10 posted on 08/26/2017 2:15:29 PM PDT by smokingfrog ( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
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To: loveliberty2

Seeing as the non-left of the country actually works Monday to Friday, Saturday would be the day to shut things down.


11 posted on 08/26/2017 2:23:05 PM PDT by JudyinCanada
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To: BenLurkin

It’s very unusual for Malwarebytes to alert on this site. Just now, they mentioned “Toonarific” (or something close to that).


12 posted on 08/26/2017 3:13:53 PM PDT by Does so (McAuliffe's Charlottesville...and...The Walter Duranty Press"...)
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To: BenLurkin

I have been on and off FB all day. No problems at all. I wonder where the problems were.


13 posted on 08/26/2017 3:35:51 PM PDT by MamaB (Heb : 13:2)
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