Facebook and the network of social media companies it owns — including Instagram, WhatsApp, and Oculus VR — suddenly went offline for seven hours before coming back alive on Monday evening.
The reason for the shutdown was not clear, but online tools that track Facebook suggest it’s a problem with its Domain Name System, or the servers that help create a website’s IP addresses.
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