Facebook Says Server Change Caused Widespread Outage
- Company weighs refunding advertisers for two-day shutdown
- Tracker says outage largest it has recorded for social network
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Facebook Inc. said a shift in the setup of its computer servers caused a widespread outage described as the largest ever recorded to hit the social-media network and its other services.
“As a result of a server configuration change, many people had trouble accessing our apps and services,” Facebook said in a tweet. “We’ve now resolved the issues and our systems are recovering.”