Facebook and Instagram Go Down for Thousands of Users
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Facebook and Instagram stopped working for many people. This is called an outage. It happened in the US. Reports say it also happened in other countries. Thousands of users could not use the apps.
The problem did not last long. It was a brief outage. After some time, Facebook and Instagram started working again. This is called a recovery.
Many users could not open the apps. Some could not see photos or messages. People use these apps every day. So the outage was a big problem for them.
News reports talked about the outage. They said it hit users across the world. The company has not given many details yet.
Vocabulary5 words
- a big app where people share news and messages
- an app where people share photos and videos
- outage
- when something stops working for a time
- brief
- short; not long
- recovery
- getting better after a problem
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Answer key
1. They stopped working for a while 2. It was brief 3. No, it also hit users in other countries
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_____ and Instagram stopped working for many people. This is called an _____. It happened in the US. Reports say it also happened in other _____. Thousands of _____ could not use the apps.
The problem did not last long. It was a _____ outage. After some time, Facebook and Instagram started working again. This is called a _____.
Many users could not open the _____. Some could not see photos or _____. People use these apps every day. So the outage was a big _____ for them.
News reports talked about the outage. They said it hit users across the _____. The company has not given many details yet.
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