Facebook blames server problem for massive outage


  • TECH
  • Friday, 15 Mar 2019

(FILES) In this file photo taken on May 16, 2018, the logo of the social network Facebook on a broken screen of a mobile phone is seen in Paris, France. - Facebook's woes mounted Wednesday, December 19, 2018 as it faced a lawsuit alleging privacy violations related to data leaked to a consultancy working on Donald Trump's 2016 campaign, and as a new report suggested it shared more data with partners than it had said. The suit filed by the District of Columbia attorney general is likely the first by an official US body that could impose consequences on the world's leading social network for data misuse. (Photo by JOEL SAGET / AFP)

MENLO PARK, United States: Facebook blamed a “server configuration change” March 14 for a massive outage affecting its applications around the world and brought fresh attention to the embattled social networking leader. 

The outage affected users for at least 12 hours in most areas of the world, with the biggest impact in North America and Europe, according to the tracking website downdetector.com. 

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