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Re:What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? by el-salvador on Monday October 04, 2021 @04:34PM (#28751733)
Another side effect:

Two of our local mobile operators are experiencing issues with phone calls due to network overload.

https://twitter.com/claroelsalvador/status/14450819333319598...

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Re:What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? by synaesthesisx on Monday October 04, 2021 @08:43PM (#28754218)
Believe it or not, there are places in the world where FB products (WhatsApp specifically) are used as the primary communication platform for most people.
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Re:What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? by karencarits on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:34PM (#28752356)
Possibly in Norway too (internet though, not phone calls) https://www.nrk.no/nyheter/internett-trobbel-hos-telia-1.156...
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Re:What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? by paganel on Monday October 04, 2021 @05:08PM (#28752107)
The same happened in Romania with two of our mobile operators immediately after FB&all went down.
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Re:What Happened to Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp? by hansel_der on Tuesday October 05, 2021 @04:17AM (#28756688)
oh the irony!

can't use the phone network to place a call b/c of fb-errors clogging the pipe

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