Facebook, Instagram and other Meta apps go down due to 'technical issue'

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  Facebook, Instagram and Whatsapp down in mass Meta outage

  Over 22,000 people reported issues with Facebook this evening and over 18,000 struggled to use WhatsApp, according to Downdetector.
  
  BBC News - 2h
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  Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp affected by global Meta outage

  Social media giant says it is ‘aware that a technical issue is impacting some users’ ability to access our apps’. Meta has said it has suffered a global outage, with some users facing issues using ...
  
  The Guardian - 2h

• Is Facebook down? Here's what to know about reports of outages.

  Users are reporting problems accessing many of Meta's social media services, including Facebook, Instagram and Messenger.
  
  CBS News - 42m
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  Why Luigi Mangione’s Reddit and Instagram Were Taken Down, but Not His Goodreads?

  Luigi Mangione’s social media accounts attracted swift attention after he was arrested in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s chief executive. When do companies scrub a digital trail?
  
  The New York Times - 1h
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  'Technical issue' sparks widespread Facebook, Meta problems

  Meta said Wednesday afternoon that the problems were sparked by "a technical issue."
  
  The Hill - 3h

• NASA delays next 2 Artemis moon missions to address heat shield, other issues

  Heat shield damage seen during the first Artemis test flight is now understood, NASA says, but more time is needed to implement fixes.
  
  CBS News - 5d
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  Meta says harmless content is mistakenly taken down ‘too often’

  Meta, the parent company of Facebook and Instagram, said Tuesday its error rates can be “too high” when enforcing content moderation policies and pledged to improve their policy rollouts. “We ...
  
  The Hill - Dec. 3
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  Meta says it has taken down about 20 covert influence operations in 2024

  Firm names Russia as top source of such activity but says it is ‘striking’ how little AI was used to try to trick voters. . Meta has intervened to take down about 20 covert influence operations ...
  
  The Guardian - Dec. 3

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