Facebook experienced a global outage that blocked account access for hours.
Users saw a “temporarily unavailable” message.
Service has now been restored.
Cause remains undisclosed.
Did this impact your work or business?

#Facebook #Meta #Outage #TechNews #DigitalInfrastructure #PlatformRisk

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☁️ AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud Platform dominate the market.
They offer powerful services — but also complex pricing, deep vendor lock-in, and exposure to non-EU jurisdiction, even when workloads run in EU regions.

#CloudComputing #PlatformRisk

Odoo logo on a purple background, representing a European business management and CRM platform.

🔐 Platforms like Salesforce or Jira are powerful.
But deep customisation, proprietary workflows, and ecosystem dependencies can make organisations reliant on vendor decisions, pricing models, and roadmaps.

#VendorLockIn #PlatformRisk #ITStrategy

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🔐 Many teams default to Slack or similar platforms.
They work well, but centralise identity, messages, files, and integrations into a single external service—creating dependency on availability, policies, and account access.

#PlatformRisk #OperationalSecurity #ITStrategy

The Coupang Breach and the Structure That Drives Platforms Toward Harm | National News | Breeze in Busan The breach at Coupang revealed how deeply South Korea’s daily life depends on private platforms whose influence now resembles public infrastructure—without the oversight that infrastructure requires.

In the AI era, phone numbers and delivery data become predictive power. Coupang’s breach shows how deeply private platforms shape public life — and how fragile that structure is without real oversight. breezeinflow.com/national-new...
#CoupangHack #Privacy #AI #PlatformRisk

This isn't just a Google issue; it's the peril of being 'sharecroppers' on any tech giant's land. Relying solely on AWS, Azure, or Google means your business is vulnerable to their arbitrary rules and system glitches. #PlatformRisk 4/7