{"id":11480,"date":"2022-07-14T06:20:44","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=11480"},"modified":"2022-07-14T06:20:45","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T06:20:45","slug":"what-is-happening-to-facebook-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today","title":{"rendered":"What is Happening to Facebook Today?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e891572d918\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e891572d918\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69e891572d918\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#What_is_Happening_to_Facebook_Today\" title=\"What is Happening to Facebook Today?\">What is Happening to Facebook Today?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#Cloudflare\" title=\"Cloudflare\">Cloudflare<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#Domain_name_system\" title=\"Domain name system\">Domain name system<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#Internal_communication_platform\" title=\"Internal communication platform\">Internal communication platform<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#Instagram\" title=\"Instagram\">Instagram<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#Oculus\" title=\"Oculus\">Oculus<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#Message_uploads\" title=\"Message uploads\">Message uploads<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/what-is-happening-to-facebook-today\/#Status_page\" title=\"Status page\">Status page<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_Happening_to_Facebook_Today\"><\/span>What is Happening to Facebook Today?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/jVUrutl.jpg\" alt=\"what is happening to facebook today\">  <\/p>\n<p>You may be wondering, &#8220;What is happening to Facebook today?&#8221; This article will explain some of the most important aspects of Facebook&#8217;s up-and-down days. From the Cloudflare outage to the problems with the internal communication platform and the Domain name system, you&#8217;ll find out what&#8217;s happening on Facebook today. In the meantime, you can check out the most important aspects of Instagram and Twitter. They are both booming, but how do you know if they&#8217;re a good match for your business?<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Cloudflare\"><\/span>Cloudflare<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve had a problem accessing Facebook today, you&#8217;re not alone. A number of people are experiencing internet outages, which is especially concerning for the social media giant, which spent billions of dollars spinning up its infrastructure and spinoff massive data centers in cities. It has been trying to integrate the technical infrastructure of its various platforms for several years and has been experiencing problems, including the outage today.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Domain_name_system\"><\/span>Domain name system<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>After the massive outage on Facebook earlier this week, a lot of users wondered whether the company had accidentally changed the Domain name system for its website. After all, this system translates alphabetic web addresses into numeric IP addresses, which is what your browser needs to access Facebook. This was made possible by a routine update that accidentally introduced a mistake into the Border Gateway Protocol, which includes the IP addresses of the DNS nameservers. Most users use the default DNS resolver from their ISP, but some also opt for a third-party DNS resolver.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Internal_communication_platform\"><\/span>Internal communication platform<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On April 2, Facebook Workplace, the internal communication platform for the social network, was down for most of the day. It&#8217;s not clear what caused the outage, but reports from Downdetector suggest that users were affected globally. While the issue may not have been related to Workplace specifically, it does highlight the importance of such a platform. Facebook says the outage was a mistake on their end and that it&#8217;s working its way back online.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Instagram\"><\/span>Instagram<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>A Facebook outage prompted a backlash from lawmakers and regulators after whistleblower Frances Haugen revealed herself by leaking internal research to The Wall Street Journal. She claimed that the company&#8217;s algorithm exacerbated misinformation and increased polarization and was harming teenage girls&#8217; mental health. After revealing her identity, Facebook suspended the service while it reset servers. Twitter users mocked the outage, with the hashtag #FacebookDown trending throughout the day.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Oculus\"><\/span>Oculus<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In an unprecedented move, Facebook has renamed itself as Meta and sold its Oculus brand to another company called Reality Labs. Facebook&#8217;s VR and AR business is known as Reality Labs. The company announced in October of 2021 that it will report separately. The company also changed the name of its parent company from Oculus to Meta, and will rebrand its hardware and online communities as Horizon. In addition, Facebook will be discontinuing its Oculus Home VR headset in order to focus on its new name and brand.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Message_uploads\"><\/span>Message uploads<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever struggled to upload photos to Facebook, you&#8217;re not alone. Many users report the same problem. If you&#8217;re one of these people, this article will help you get your photos up and running. If you&#8217;re having trouble uploading photos to Facebook, there are a few things you can do. To fix this, simply enable the &#8220;Post by email&#8221; feature on your browser. If you&#8217;re on Android, you can also try opening Facebook in a web browser.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Status_page\"><\/span>Status page<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>While you&#8217;re on Facebook today, you may not be able to use the status page to post links to web pages. There&#8217;s a simple solution to this problem. Facebook offers a hosted solution that will provide the same functionality to your status page without requiring you to create it yourself. However, it&#8217;s important to keep in mind that shared infrastructure can present its own problems. If you are having trouble with your Facebook page, you can always contact the company that hosts the service. They will help you resolve any issues as soon as possible.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Happening to Facebook Today? 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