ANALYSIS: A few clues as to what may have caused the massive Facebook outage
Downdetector.com, a major monitoring service for online outages, called it the largest global outage it had ever recorded - with 10.6 million reports from...
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We all want to know: Why did Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp shut down?
Sami Slim of data centre company Telehouse compared BGP to "the internet equivalent of air traffic control".
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Facebook whistleblower to push for regulation
Ex-employee Frances Haugen is set to testify on Capitol Hill after she leaked reams of internal research to authorities and the Wall Street Journal, which detailed how Facebook knew its sites were potentially harmful to young people's mental health.
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Facebook fights global outage and whistleblower revelations
Facebook has not communicated on the possible cause of the outage, but cyber security experts noted they had found signs that online routes that lead people to the social giant were disrupted.
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Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp hit by outage: tracker
Outage tracker Downdetector was showing outages in heavily populated areas like Washington and Paris, while there are numerous reports of outages in Johannesburg
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WhatsApp blocks 2 million Indian users over messaging violations
The company said its 'top focus' remains on preventing the spread of harmful and unwanted messages.
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WhatsApp tests breaking free from smartphones
In a blog post on Wednesday, Facebook engineers said the new feature would allow for the hugely popular service be used on multiple "non-phone" devices without needing to connect to the smartphone app.
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WhatsApp launches court action against India's social media clampdown
The regulations, which took effect the same day, come at a time of growing tensions between social media giants and the Indian government, which has demanded tech companies remove content critical of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
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Dozens of Palestinian journalists say blocked by WhatsApp
Other journalists, in Jerusalem and the occupied West Bank as well as Gaza, said their accounts had also been blocked.
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Argentina orders Facebook to suspend WhatsApp data sharing
The suspension will last at least six months and aims to prevent 'the abuse of a dominant position,' said a resolution published in the official bulletin.
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South Africa mulls litigation over WhatsApp-Facebook data sharing
South Africa's regulator in March said that the new privacy policy violated the country's protection of personal information laws.
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Germany halts Facebook sharing WhatsApp data
The Hamburg Commissioner for Data Protection and Freedom of Information sent the order to the social network, which owns the popular messaging service. Hamburg has jurisdiction because Facebook's German branch is based in the city.
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Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger down in major outage
Social media platforms Whatsapp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger all went down in a major outage at around 1730 GMT on Friday, according to the tech monitoring website Downdetector.
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WhatsApp reviewing letter from SA Info Regulator on privacy policy changes
The information regulator wrote to WhatsApp, raising issues about the changes that users face if they ignore Facebook's terms by the new deadline, the 15 May.
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Information Regulator concerned over impact of new WhatsApp policy on SA users
The regulator has written to the parent company, Facebook, regarding changes that could see also South African users being kicked off from WhatsApp.
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Devil's in the details: WhatsApp controversy raises digital security concerns
Popular messaging service WhatsApp has been mired in controversy since it announced its new privacy policy.
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WhatsApp delays data sharing change after backlash
WhatsApp canceled its 8 February deadline saying it would use the pause to clear up misinformation around privacy and security.
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SA Information Regulator meets with FB SA over updated WhatsApp privacy policy
During a meeting on Wednesday, the regulator was provided with the recently revised WhatsApp privacy policy documents.
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WhatsApp stresses privacy as users flock to rivals
New terms sparked criticism as users outside Europe who do not accept the new conditions before 8 February will be cut off from the messaging app.
