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1 big thing

Facebook’s very bad few days

1 big thing

Axios

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4.02K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2021

⏱️ 11 minutes

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Summary

Yesterday, Facebook faced a major outage that knocked out all of its apps -- Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp -- for hours, across the globe. This came on the heels of revelations by whistleblower Francis Haugen, a former Facebook employee who leaked thousands of documents showing the way Facebook prioritizes profits over people. Plus, the scramble to contain one of the largest oil spills in California’s history. And, dating apps get political in Texas. Guests: Axios' Sara Fischer, Andrew Freedman, and Michael Mooney. Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, David Toledo, Michael Hanf, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at podcasts@axios.com. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893. Go deeper: Facebook whistleblower's moment California oil spill may close beaches for months Texas-based dating apps get political Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Good morning. Welcome to Axios today.

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It's Tuesday, October 5th.

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I'm Nyla Budiou.

0:39.0

Here's what you need to know today.

0:41.0

Containing one of the largest oil spills in California's history.

0:45.0

Plus, dating apps in Texas get political.

0:48.0

But first, today's one big thing.

0:50.0

Facebook's very bad last few days.

0:56.0

It's been a very bad few days for Facebook.

0:59.0

Yesterday, it faced a major outage that knocked out all of its apps for hours, all over the world.

1:05.0

And this came on the heels of revelations by whistleblower Frances Halgan, a former Facebook employee who leaked thousands of documents,

1:13.0

showing the way Facebook prioritizes profits over people, especially young people.

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