Updated at 2204 EAT on March 1st 2022. Alphabet Inc’s (GOOGL.O) Google and Facebook owner Meta Platforms Inc (FB.O) are among internet companies facing possible punitive measures in Russia after failing to open local offices and take other measures required by a communications law. Since July 2021, Russian legislation signed by President Vladimir Putin has obliged foreign social media…
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Panic as Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down in global outage
Outage is affecting tens of thousands of users across social media platforms, according to an outage tracking website. Updated at 2144 EAT on 4 Oct 2021 Facebook Inc has said it is working to restore access to its social media platforms, including photo-sharing platform Instagram and messaging app WhatsApp, after an apparent global outage.null The…
