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Internet services cut for hours by Amazon cloud outage
AFP, Published on 21/10/2025
» SAN FRANCISCO - Popular internet services ranging from streaming platforms to messaging services to banking were offline for hours on Monday due to an outage in Amazon's crucial cloud network, illustrating the extent to which internet life depends on the tech titan.
Social media platform X down for users globally
Reuters and Bloomberg, Published on 21/12/2023
» TORONTO - Social media platform X and X Pro suffered outages globally early Thursday, according to Downdetector.com.
Twitter outages hit users worldwide
AFP, Published on 29/12/2022
» Twitter users around the world reported errors accessing it for several hours, web monitors said Wednesday, in one of the biggest outages since Elon Musk bought the platform.
Meta confirms WhatsApp outage, working to restore service
AFP, Published on 25/10/2022
» PARIS: US tech giant Meta confirmed a global outage was affecting its messaging service WhatsApp on Tuesday and said it was working to restore the app "as quickly as possible".
Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?
AFP, Published on 06/10/2021
» PARIS: Hundreds of millions of people were unable to access Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp for more than six hours on Monday, underscoring the world's reliance on platforms owned by the Silicon Valley giant.
A day not to 'like' for Facebook, hit by outage, criminal probe
AFP, Published on 14/03/2019
» SAN FRANCISCO: Facebook grappled with challenges on two fronts on Wednesday, an hours-long outage and intensified scrutiny from investigators reportedly probing data deals struck by the world's largest social network.