Facebook goes down: Thousands of users across the U.S. and Europe are locked out of the site while others report PORN in their video feeds amid fears it has been hacked

UK Daily Mail ^ | Januari 23 2021 | JAMES GORDON

[knighthawk]

Facebook has gone down for thousands of users in the United States and Europe on Friday night, with some unable to access the site and others reporting that porn had flooded their video feeds.

Downdetector.com which measures website problems saw the problems start to occur around 10pm EST. At least 4,800 users in the U.S. reported on Downdetector that they were unable to log in.

The most common issue appeared to revolve around those attempting to log in to the site - which they were unable to do.

[Starcitizen]

why does ANY conservative still actively have a FB account. They are the enemy they HATE your guts and work to kill everything you stand for.

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Hate to say it, but in some parts of the world, that’s the only free way to communicate. (It’s included free on most prepaid SIM cards).

Anything other than Facebook and YouTube will cost you at least $1 a day in data charges.

[snarkytart]

The internet is not free. The cost anywhere from $50 to $150 just to provide wireless services without any kind of TV involved. You can a cheap smartphone with free texting and long distance.

[Tolk2112]

I’m hearing it’s just on i-phones?
I hope some decent damage gets done at least.

[equaviator]

Now everyone is signing in to FB to see what the fuss is all about.

[madison10]

I believe that was sarcasm. 😄

[Starcitizen]

You can a cheap smartphone with free texting and long distance.
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Not in most parts of the world. Per SMS charges and expensive as eff phone calling.

And no, I won’t use some Chinese crap phone or some ancient technology dumb phone.

[Private Joker 29]

Meh..

[snarkytart]

I seriously doubt most American conservatives are in another country and have no access to get to their relatives unless they use FB or Twitter c. What wireless carriers are you talking about that charge a ton of fees when you’re calling internationally? There’s also apps like face time and there’s Skype . I mean you’re finding excuses to hold on the Twitter and Facebook.

[gitmo]

I did that, but didn’t see anything pornographic.

[Starcitizen]

Smart, Globe, PLDT

FaceTime requires an iPhone.

Skype is not free. (Need to buy GIGAWORK 1GB package for $2 a day to use.)

I had to flee the US or be homeless as most Republicans and Democrats prefer cheap Indian H1B labor and there is no way on God’s Green Earth I would do back-breaking minimum wage labor work (all that was available in Denver), as I’m effectively locked out of the industry I’ve been in since about 1990. Physically, just can’t do it. (Lasted at Amazon a grand total of 1 day until I wrenched my back, even wearing a full lifting belt)

[McGruff]

I checked, no porn on any of my family or friends. Darn.

[KeyLargo]

Jan 2017

Wikileaks Founder Julian Assange revealed to Sean Hannity in an interview that aired Tuesday night that Clinton Campaign Chair John Podesta’s email password was “password.” As such, a 14-year-old could have hacked into the system

[Alberta's Child]

I have six FB accounts. They are all fake identities. I use them to sign into websites that require a sign-in ID to leave comments. They are all “friends” with each other, and they are also “friends” with all six of the fake accounts set up by a buddy of mine so we can control all 12 teams in an online sports league. LOL.

[snarkytart]

well you’re just crazy lol

[mo]

https://telegram.org/?notgs=1

[Alberta's Child]

True. LOL. It does help maintain some form of anonymity, though.

[Starcitizen]

Better check on where it’s headquartered. The UAE/Dubai Government will not let any VOIP or messenger app in the country/Emirate without them having the keys. 100% chance the Dubai government has the keys (as it did with the supposedly end-to-end encrypted Whats’sApp

Also, do we want a repeat of Parler?

Telegram introduced their online authorisation and identity management system, Telegram Passport, for platforms that require real-life identification. It asks users to upload their own official documents such as passport, identity card, driver license, etc. When an online service requires such identification documents and verification, it forwards the information to the platform with the user’s permission

I’ll try it, but there is a 0.000001% chance any of my contacts will, as Facebook messenger is free (no data charges)

[mo]

if you’re interested, encrypted peer-to -peer messaging, email and web-browsing is on the horizon at this point...

https://zeronet.io/

https://www.deepweb-sites.com/

noteworthy that World Wide Web we all are familiar with is 4% of what is out there...supposedly

this tech could potentially “lateralize” all communications-freeing humanity from “control-nodes”(central servers today, newspaper/media editorial offices yesterday )

[Starcitizen]

This tech always interests me.

We need a free app that doesn’t censor, not owned or developed by leftists or big tech, and has the popularity to replace Facebook and others. Pure exchange of ideas. Not a niche app.

Gab isn’t it, MeWe isn’t it, Parler wasn’t it. Telegram? Who knows?

[null and void]

I did that, but didn’t see anything pornographic.

Better luck next time...