Facebook explains reason for outage

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were essentially inoperable Monday afternoon.

FACEBOOK IS WORKINGAGAIN...AFTER SHUTTINGOWN DFOR SEVERAL HOURS.

THE COMPANYBELIEVES IT KNOWS WHAT CAUSEDTHAT WORLDWIDE OUTAGE.

IT SAYSCONFIGURATION CHANGECAUSS EDROUTERS TO SHUT DOWN... ANDTHE PROBLEM GOT WORSE BEFOREENGINEERS COULD FIGURE IT OUT.SOME ENGINEERS COULD NOTACCESS THEIR WORK ACCOUNTS TOTRY TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM.

ETHOUTAGE SHUT OFF ACCESS FORFACEBOOK... INSTAGRAM... ANDWHAT'S APP.MANY PPL