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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp hit by global outage

Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram suffer a six hour outage

Social media services Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram appear to be recovering after an outage that lasted almost six hours. All three services are owned by Facebook and could not be accessed over the web or on smartphone apps; we get details from the 主播大秀's James Clayton. A former Facebook employee behind a series of bombshell leaks has revealed her identity. We hear from Frances Haugen, who was interviewed on Sunday by CBS. We also get an assessment of whether Facebook prioritises profits over safety from Dr Victoria Baines, visiting fellow in cybersecurity at Bournemouth University, who previously worked at the social media giant. Also in the programme, a data leak, named the Pandora Papers, has shone a light on the previously secret financial affairs of the world's rich and powerful. Simon Bowers from the website Finance Uncovered is part of the global investigation into the data, and tells us what has been revealed about the family finances of Kenya's president, Uhuru Kenyatta. Plus, the 主播大秀's Vivienne Nunis reports on software company Flare which spotted a gap in the market in Kenya, where there is no centralised ambulance service number like 911 or 999.

(Picture: A Facebook logo on a smartphone. Picture credit: Getty Images.)

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Mon 4 Oct 2021 21:32GMT

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