Has Facebook become too powerful? | Inside Story

For six hours on Monday, billions of people around the world could not use Facebook, Instagram or Whatsapp to communicate. Facebook blamed a technical glitch for one of its worst outages in years. It is the company's latest headache, after a former employee accused it of putting profits ahead of safety concerns. So, has Facebook become too powerful? And are we too reliant on social media? Presenter: Adrian Finighan Guests: Estelle Massé – Europe Legislative Manager and Global Data Protection Lead, AccessNow. Alp Toker – Founder of Internet monitoring organization NetBlocks. Catalina Goanta – Assistant Professor in Private Law, Maastricht University. – Subscribe to our channel: http://aje.io/AJSubscribe – Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AJEnglish – Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/aljazeera – Check our website: https://www.aljazeera.com/ #Facebook #FacebookDown #InsideStory
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