Facebook ruled out a cyber attack on its products Whatsapp, Instagram and Messenger, which suffered service outage for hours on Wednesday.
Users across the globe experienced problems sending messages on Facebook’s messaging apps Messenger and Whatsapp. The social networking giant’s image-sharing website Instagram also suffered service disruptions.
After users reported about the inconvenience faced by them on the websites and mobile apps, Facebook took to Twitter to respond, “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.”
The tech major confirmed that the problem was not related to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack.
“We’re focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack,” Facebook informed the users, who believed the service disruption could be a “cyber atatck”.
Although the users could open Facebook and Instagram mobile apps, they experienced troubles uploading posts, say reports.
Internet users made their way to Twitter to complain about the hours-long service disruption with hashtags such as “#FacebookDown”, “#InstagramDown” and “#Whatsapp”.
Meanwhile, the social media outage became the butt of jokes on Twitter. Several Facebook users took to the micro-blogging website to tickle their funny bone with satirical comments, jokes and memes.
Facebook partners top Indian music labels
Facebook on Thursday announced partnerships with top music labels in India that will let users express themselves with music in their posts on its platform as well as on Instagram.
With the partnerships with T-Series Music, Zee Music Company and Yash Raj Films, Facebook will allow its nearly 300 million Indian users include their favourite music in videos, messages, posts, stories and other creative content.
“People will be now be able to include music in their videos on Facebook and Instagram, opening up more options for more ways to express and sharing memories with friends and family,” said Manish Chopra, Director and Head of Partnerships, Facebook India.
Facebook has partnered with the music community in more than 40 countries.
“We’re introducing a new feature: from a song on your profile, we’re making it possible to tap through to Spotify so people can listen to the full song and discover more from that artist.
“We’ll be adding other partners in the near future as well,” the company said in a blog post.
According to Anand Gurnani, Vice President-Digital, Yash Raj Films: “Our association with Facebook offers a chance for audiences to experiment and express themselves through music and share the same with their friends.”