Business Weekly
Business Daily
BBC
4.4 • 816 Ratings
🗓️ 9 October 2021
⏱️ 51 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Summary
On this episode of Business Weekly, with the site down and a whistle-blower’s testimonial, was this Facebook’s worst-ever week? We hear what went wrong with their internal internet and find out why Frances Haughan’s evidence to Congress was important. Plus, we discover how a tech company is helping dispatch ambulances in Kenya where there is no centralised system. And if music be the food of love - swipe on. We hear from the app designer hoping to match-make with music. Business Weekly is presented by Lucy Burton and produced by Matthew Davies.
Transcript
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
| 0:00.0 | Hello and a very warm welcome to Business Weekly with Lucy Burton. |
| 0:09.2 | Today we'll be looking at Facebook's torrid week. |
| 0:12.7 | First, there was a technical fault that also took out WhatsApp and Instagram for six hours. |
| 0:18.3 | Then a former employee told US Congress that the tech company destabilises democracies |
| 0:23.9 | and harms children. So we'll be taking a deep dive into that. We'll also be looking at the |
| 0:30.0 | increasing popularity of electric cars. Have drivers stopped fretting over range and charge points? |
| 0:37.1 | And can your music choice determine the success of your love life? |
| 0:41.6 | We'll meet the app developer who thinks music really is the food of love. |
| 0:46.2 | But let's begin with Facebook. |
| 0:48.0 | Everybody The world's three leading social media and messaging platforms, Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram, have all gone offline for users around the world. |
| 1:14.5 | The art teacher... |
| 1:15.7 | Facebook and Instagram and WhatsApp. |
| 1:17.8 | It's the case in Washington, that we can't even access to Facebook. |
| 1:21.2 | There have even disappeared of Internet. |
| 1:23.3 | Apart of the same Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp also have seen affected. |
| 1:27.8 | All over the world, everybody got the word. |
| 1:35.3 | I love Instagram. |
| 1:36.6 | It's the app I use the most, especially for my job. |
| 1:39.2 | So professionally, it's definitely a stepback. |
| 1:42.5 | And then personally, I just am always on that app, so it sucks. |
| 1:46.8 | It's the worst. |
| 1:47.5 | One of my best friends was yelling at me today for not looking at my messages, and I didn't get any messages because the platforms aren't working. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from BBC, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of BBC and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2026.