Comedian Blaire Erskine mocked Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) in a faux “statement” from the social media company after a widespread outage left millions without their social fix.
What happened: “We here at Facebook would just like to say, In thought you deleted Facebook,” snapped Erskine, posing as a spokesperson for the Mark Zuckerberg-led company.
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Erskine, known for her satirical spoofs of Trump supporters, then made a reference to MySpace founder Tom Anderson.
“Tom left you! Do you think Tom thinks about you now? He doesn’t. He’s a photographer now.”
In a final comedic flourish, Erskine addressed her audience.
“Good luck remembering your mom’s birthday now, you pieces of shit!”
Why It Matters: Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram were hit by an outage shortly before noon ET Monday.
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Tech experts pegged the loss of service to a Domain Name System (DNS) problem. The platforms restored their services by 5:45 p.m. ET.
Facebook is grappling with revelations made on “60 Minutes” by a whistleblower that led to “#DeleteFacebook” trending on Twitter.
Twitter Inc (NYSE:TWTR) CEO Jack Dorsey also joined those taking dig at Facebook and offered to buy the beleaguered social media firm’s domain name.
Dorsey shared a tweet by Edward Snowden, which encouraged WhatsApp users to shift to Signal — a privacy-centric messaging platform.
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