In a significant development for Meta, the company has been hit with a hefty fine of 2 million (€91 million) by the Irish Data Protection Commission (DPC). This penalty stems from an investigation that began in April 2019, prompted by Meta’s admission of improperly storing user passwords on its internal systems. The breach raised serious concerns about user data security and compliance with data protection regulations.
What is Meta saying about the outage?
As the dust settles from the fine, Meta is also grappling with a major outage affecting several of its key applications. According to the company’s status and outages page, as of just before 2 p.m. EST, users experienced “major disruptions” across platforms including Facebook Ads Manager, Messaging Ads, the Messenger API for Instagram, Messenger, and the WhatsApp Business API. The impact of these outages has been felt widely, with users reporting difficulties in accessing services that are integral to both personal and business communications.
What are people saying about the outages?
The ongoing outages have sparked a flurry of reactions from users across social media platforms. Many have taken to Twitter and other forums to express their frustrations and share their experiences during this disruption. The situation continues to evolve, and as Meta works to resolve these issues, the conversation around user trust and data security remains at the forefront.
