Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp down in global outage @RTENews

Facebook’s suite of apps, including popular photo-sharing platform Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp, were down for tens of thousands of users, according to outage tracking website Downdetector.com.

The error message on Facebook’s webpage suggested a Domain Name System (DNS) error.

DNS allows web addresses to take users to their destinations.

A similar outage at cloud company Akamai Technologies took down multiple websites in July.

Downdetector, which only tracks outages by collating status reports from a series of sources, including user-submitted errors on its platform, showed there were more than 50,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and Instagram.

The outage might be affecting a larger number of users.

Guinness use Yura. #drinkawaste

Diageo’s @catherinetoolan from @homeofguinness promoting their Guinness Quarter development of Dublin.#drinkawaste






Catherine Toolan

@catherinetoolan

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Delighted to welcome you Niall @NiallGibbons
to St. James Gate and the @homeofguinness
. So exciting to think about future development and years ahead and not just focus on the Now. #ArthurGuinness1759 @libertiesdublin
#IWork4Guinness
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Niall Gibbons

@NiallGibbons
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Great to join the conversation today on the development of the Guinness Quarter in Dublin. This is one of the most exciting developments in a generation. Delighted to catch up with @catherinetoolan from the @homeofguinness . Guinness is an amazing brand for Ireland.