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Moldova Hit by Facebook, Instagram Outage

Social media users in Moldova are experiencing an outage affecting Facebook and Instagram. Users were automatically logged out and are currently unable to log back in.

The cause of the disruption remains unknown.

According to Downdetector, a website that tracks website outages, over 350,000 users in Moldova have reported problems with Facebook. Instagram is also experiencing issues, with around 55,000 reports.

This outage comes just over two years after a major global Facebook outage in October 2021, which lasted for seven hours and affected platforms like Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger. An insider reportedly claimed that the outage resulted in an estimated $100 million loss of revenue for META Platforms.

Translation by Iurie Tataru

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The Republic of Moldova joins the Protocol amending the Agreement establishing the OIV
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The Republic of Moldova joins the Protocol amending the Agreement establishing the OIV

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Approved by Parliament: The state will grant financial support of over 1.1 billion lei in this heating season
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Approved by Parliament: The state will grant financial support of over 1.1 billion lei in this heating season

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