# Okay, seriously, WTF is up with Facebook and family being down? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2021, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-seriously-wtf-is-up-with-facebook-and-family-being-down/951891 "2021-10-04T21:01:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![DavidNRockies](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/davidnrockies/32/6279_2.png) [@DavidNRockies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DavidNRockies)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2021, 9:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-seriously-wtf-is-up-with-facebook-and-family-being-down/951891/2 "2021-10-04T21:03:28Z")
I put in a request to merge this one with … > [@Is anyone else having trouble accessing Facebook right now?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-anyone-else-having-trouble-accessing-facebook-right-now/951879/30): > > I noticed it first when some services like the store on my Oculus Quest stopped working. They still seem to be down though the installed apps like Youtube seem to be working fine and can connect to the Internet. Fascinating story. I would not have believed that a company as large as Facebook would experience something like this unless it was some hugely sophisticated cyber-attack. But at least as now the [cause](https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2021/10/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-and-oculus-are-down-heres-what-we-know/) appears to be linked to an update in something called the Border Gateway Patrol. Thi… This one 😉 --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/okay-seriously-wtf-is-up-with-facebook-and-family-being-down/951891)._