Facebook finally restores services after global outage

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Facebook finally restores services after global outage

Considers refunds to advertisers after 24 hour glitch.

Facebook Inc said on Thursday it had restored service to its main app and Instagram, after the world's largest social network suffered a major outage that frustrated users across the globe for about 24 hours. The company also said it was considering whether to refund advertisers for lost ...

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