LinkedIn suffers outage one day after Facebook glitch
LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social media platform favored by C-suite executives and jobseekers alike, suffered from a prolonged outage on Wednesday.
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LinkedIn, the Microsoft-owned social media platform favored by C-suite executives and jobseekers alike, suffered from a prolonged outage on Wednesday.
The issue, since resolved, also kicked people out of Threads and Instagram on Tuesday.
The move, coming in April, continues amid a demand from publishers that large technology firms pay for the privilege of distributing news content.
A California lawmaker has put on hold a bill that would allow news publishers to charge Facebook and Google for linking to their content.
Twitter is concerned that Threads, powered by Instagram, could further erode its business in the era of Elon Musk.
The Canadian government and one of the country’s biggest telecoms have stopped ad spending on Facebook and Instagram.
The dip comes as lawmakers push various efforts that would allow news publishers to charge big tech companies.
The plaintiff in the case previously alleged PBS gave video viewership data to Facebook parent company Meta.
Meta has launched a subscription feature that allows Facebook and Instagram users to be “verified” with a blue badge.
Meta Platforms will stop supporting its WhatsApp messaging service on several models of Apple iPhone and Android-powered devices by the end of the year.