Inside Facebook, workers scrambled as internal systems went down. An internal memo said Facebook’s Global Security Operations center "determined it to be a HIGH risk to the People, MODERATE risk to Assets and a HIGH risk to the Reputation of Facebook." https://t.co/nkOttULIn2
— The New York Times (@nytimes) October 4, 2021
Facebook and its Instagram and WhatsApp platforms are suffering an outage. The company said it was “aware that some people are having trouble accessing Facebook app” and it was working on restoring access. https://t.co/FF5wI4akqP
— The Associated Press (@AP) October 4, 2021
it's a total mess inside Facebook right now. @alexeheath reports that the outage has "broken nearly all of the internal systems employees use to communicate and work." Some employees have had to turn to Discord or FaceTime https://t.co/E77tQMVnRu pic.twitter.com/Gpa9ktYWew
— Tom Warren (@tomwarren) October 4, 2021
Ceefax, however, remains unaffected:https://t.co/jpfKlvhf2m pic.twitter.com/8Fm7urpWsX
— Nathan Dane (@AvroVulcanXH607) October 4, 2021
Facebook and Instagram are both down worldwide one day after a damning "60 Minutes" segment that featured former Facebook product manager Frances Haugen taking the company's awfulness to task.
— Charlotte Clymer 🇺🇦 (@cmclymer) October 4, 2021
Many people are asking whether last night's 60 Minutes interview with the Facebook whistleblower is at all related to this outage. That's a good question. https://t.co/WcRdVy4fwx
— briankrebs (@briankrebs) October 4, 2021
BREAKING: Mark Zuckerberg Loses $7 Billion in Net Worth as Facebook Stock Falls https://t.co/S8eHrHQ97U
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) October 4, 2021
This is how much Facebook is losing every minute during major outage https://t.co/O9CQfyP9UV
— The Independent (@Independent) October 4, 2021
TikTok as they watch Facebook, Instagram, and Whatsapp get deleted from the Internet and now Twitter is starting to crack under the pressure. pic.twitter.com/MaRq8i61Xx
— The Darkest Timeline Numbersmuncher (@NumbersMuncher) October 4, 2021
1️⃣ Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by global outage
— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) October 4, 2021
2️⃣ Wall Street slammed by rotation out of Big Tech
3️⃣ Biden says Republican stonewalling on debt ceiling risks U.S. default
Read more @ReutersBiz https://t.co/uVhCv7XtfZ
Distinct lack of excitement in QAnon forums about Facebook's downtime. Usually they think this is the start of the Storm, the comms blackout, Red6, one of the Days of Darkness. This time, almost nothing. It's like they've given up.
— Arieh Kovler (@ariehkovler) October 4, 2021
“Homework” is so cancelled tonight.
— Philip McGowan (@pipmcgowan) October 4, 2021
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Brexit chaos both good and bad at same time, apparently…
The change from ministers in only a matter of weeks is striking. Not long ago they were keen to impress that any disruption was minimal to non-existent or demand led. Now not only is there an acknowledgement that it exists but that it’s a manifestation of the strategy itself. https://t.co/VxRB7IKGG8
— Lewis Goodall (@lewis_goodall) October 4, 2021
James O'Brien reacts as Tory ministers make "entirely opposite" claims about the impact Brexit is having on worker shortages. @mrjamesob pic.twitter.com/zUtAg8cqIL
— LBC (@LBC) October 4, 2021
Tetchy Boris tries to play down shortages as bumps on the Brexit road | John Crace https://t.co/muYSkx0n6B
— John Crace (@JohnJCrace) October 3, 2021
The speed with which the Government has gone from saying that labour shortages were not caused by Brexit to saying they were the *whole point* of Brexit is pretty audacious.
— Ben Wright (@_BenWright_) October 4, 2021
Every little helps. https://t.co/iu7GJYHUzM
— stefanstern (@stefanstern) October 4, 2021
‘British Renaissance has begun,’ declares minister amid petrol and food shortages https://t.co/fSDSMuUvrl
— The Independent (@Independent) October 4, 2021
Craven & false. The protocol was designed by the British Govt. https://t.co/EaUITEQVFH
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) October 4, 2021
Lord Frost attacks what Lord Frost negotiated, months after Lord Frost praised what Lord Frost negotiated pic.twitter.com/Thtstrn5BK
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 Threads tobyontv (@TobyonTV) October 4, 2021
Utterly tiring carry on, Lord Frost can draw up all he likes but it doesn’t change the terms & responsibilities of a legally binding international treaty. pic.twitter.com/Odvhkm3qJ6
— Neale Richmond (@nealerichmond) October 3, 2021
Successive Conservative governments, including Labour’s Blair/brown, regularly lectured France, Germany, Italy and Spain on virtues of Britain’s flexible labour market. Now, after Brexit, Boris Johnson et al are blaming business for a low wage economy. Go figure !
— Lionel Barber (@lionelbarber) October 4, 2021
Oh good, another draft legal Northern Ireland text of no value because it will be unrealistic and fundamentally unacceptable to the other side. How many is this now? https://t.co/pbAqZI2Pte
— David Henig 🇺🇦 (@DavidHenigUK) October 4, 2021
European Commission, asked on @DavidGHFrost speech threatening to trigger Article 16 and talking about the "long bad dream" of EU membership, says it does not comment on comments "however lyrical" they are
— Tony Connelly (@tconnellyRTE) October 4, 2021
Unionist Unity indeed. Just as the DUP like it.
— Ian James Parsley (@ianjamesparsley) October 4, 2021
Hook and line, meet sinker.
Priceless photo of today's conference hostage situation, by @StefanRousseau of PA.
— Newton Emerson (@NewtonEmerson) October 4, 2021
Their expressions say it all. pic.twitter.com/wr093n4cE0
Quite the admission on the @Policy_Exchange’s Brexit panel. The protocol is being attacked not because it doesn’t work, but because it DOES – strengthening north-south economic links. And the urgency to dismantle it flows from the speed with which business is adjusting to it. ~AA pic.twitter.com/5jCyQGVWRT
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) October 4, 2021
"The fuel crisis may have changed the balance of opinion within govt about the risks of triggering the protocol".
— Robert Saunders (@redhistorian) October 4, 2021
If @stephenkb is right that this is the thinking – that NI must not be allowed to show up the results of its Brexit deal – it's a shocking way of making decisions. pic.twitter.com/pPUIXEIIAB
I’d like to have a word with Jim about that comment, and Doug too given that they were literally sitting together. https://t.co/8RQn1v27rQ
— Jason R Gordon (@jasonrgordon) October 4, 2021
..Latest UK polling from Savanta Comres (included NI): "Has Brexit been a success or failure?" – NI has the lowest success score (18%) amongst all of the 4 UK regions… https://t.co/daLUTXlk9Q
— LucidTalk (@LucidTalk) October 4, 2021
The Overnight Note 