Facebook outage is dry run for worse web crashes

Facebook's outage could be a dry run before a bigger crash: The internet is a hodge-podge of best efforts, often profit-oriented services. Some of them may now be too crucial to fail, says richardbeales1

- Facebook and Instagram appeared to be partially reconnected to the global internet on the evening of Oct. 4, nearly six hours into an outage that paralyzed the social media platform. Facebook and its WhatsApp and Instagram apps went dark at around noon Eastern time in the United States.

- The outage was the second blow to the social media giant in as many days after a whistleblower on Oct. 3 accused the company of repeatedly prioritizing profit over clamping down on hate speech and misinformation. - The whistleblower, former Facebook employee Frances Haugen, will urge the U.S. Congress on Oct. 5 to regulate her erstwhile employer, which she plans to liken to tobacco companies that for decades denied that smoking damaged health, according to prepared testimony seen by Reuters. She will testify at a hearing called “Protecting Kids Online: Testimony from a Facebook Whistleblower.”Reuters Breakingviews is the world's leading source of agenda-setting financial insight.

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