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: aje.io/AJSubscribe - Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/AJEnglish - Find us on Facebook: www.facebook.com/aljazeera - Check our website: www.aljazeera.com/ #Facebook #FacebookDown #InsideStory

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