SAN FRANCISCO – “Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp and Messenger are back online. I’m sorry for today’s interruption, I know how much you rely on our services to stay in touch with the people you care about.” So in a post on his Facebook profile Mark Zuckerberg, founder and CEO of the company.
The troubles of the Zuckerberg Fb galaxy and WhatsApp blocked for hours
by Raffaella Menichini
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp apps slowly resumed running overnight after a five-hour blackout in Europe and the United States. It was the social media giant’s worst outage since 2008.
To keep the communication channels open during the blackout, Zuckerberg relied on the rival social network, Twitter: “We are aware that at the moment some people are having problems with Whatsapp. We are working to bring things back to normal and will send an update. here as soon as possible. Thank you for your patience, “wrote the messaging app on his profile.
The collapse came at an already very difficult time for Facebook: the mole that revealed its negligence in eliminating violence, misinformation and other harmful content from its platforms came out on Sunday, adding to the dose of accusations. And his testimony today in the Senate could be disruptive.
Frances Haugen, this is who the “whistleblower” of Facebook is: “So hate creates profits”
by Raffaella Menichini
“Facebook in its current form is dangerous, it poses a threat to democracy”, the former product manager denounced in some interviews. Frances Haugen, after showing up on CBS News’s popular 60 Minutes show as the whistleblower behind the scoop of Wall Street Journal ‘Facebook Files’.
The leak and the public disclosure of the source represents perhaps the most serious crisis in the history of the company, after the maxi fine of 5 billion dollars for violating the privacy rules against millions of users in the Cambridge Analytica data collection for some electoral campaigns, including the (winning) one of Donald Trump in 2016. And it risks further deteriorating the platform’s relations not only with the public but also with Congress, which for years has been discussing how to limit the excessive power and growing influence of Big Tech. Not to mention the threat of an investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), the equivalent of the Italian Consob, while Fb is already under fire in a historic investigation by the Federal Trade Commission for abuse of dominant position.
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