The Facebook Outage Explained - DTNS 4125

We give an explainer on what caused Facebook and associated properties like Instagram to go offline for six hours and we do a follow-up on all that Facebook testimony.

Starring Tom Merritt, Nate Lanxon, Roger Chang, Joe.
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Quick Hits:
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/5/22691850/google-pixel-6-event-2021-fall-announcement
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/5/22709633/google-nest-indoor-cam-floodlight-release-date
https://www.engadget.com/kobos-new-260-sage-e-reader-lets-you-take-notes-110559289.html
https://www.wsj.com/articles/singapore-set-to-increase-control-over-online-content-11633427068?mod=rss_Technology
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2021/10/new-yubico-security-keys-let-you-use-fingerprints-instead-of-passwords/

Top Stories:
https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/04/networking-traffic/outage/
https://engineering.fb.com/2021/10/05/networking-traffic/outage-details/
https://blog.cloudflare.com/october-2021-facebook-outage/
https://www.cloudflare.com/learning/security/glossary/what-is-bgp/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/04/technology/facebook-down.html
https://9to5mac.com/2021/10/04/instagram-facebook-whatsapp-down/
https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/10/facebook-outage-likely-caused-60m-loss-impacted-small-businesses/
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/facebook-outage-by-the-numbers-largest-outage-ever-tracked-could-cost-millions-11633387093
https://www.usehaystack.io/blog/facebook-outage-increased-developer-throughput-by-32
https://www.vox.com/2019/3/14/18265793/facebook-app-down-outage-resolved-fixed
https://www.reuters.com/technology/telegram-founder-says-over-70-mln-new-users-joined-during-facebook-outage-2021-10-05/
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-whistleblower-sec-complaint-60-minutes-2021-10-04/
https://www.theverge.com/2021/10/5/22710371/facebook-whistleblower-congress-hearing-instagram-kids-safety-privacy-blumenthal
https://www.protocol.com/haugen-transparenc-230-privacy
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20211004/17543247698/rethinking-facebook-we-need-to-make-sure-that-good-world-is-more-important-than-good-wall-street.shtml

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Discussion Stories:
https://www.ft.com/content/16bb7b92-b88e-4393-85c6-de1f94cdfecc
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/05/alphabets-deepmind-ai-lab-turns-a-profit-for-the-first-time-ever.html
https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/05/tortoise-expands-remote-operated-robotic-delivery-to-convenience-stores-across-the-us/

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