Someone literally broke the internet
The Internet #TheInternet
So, the internet is kinda broken.
Many of the world’s biggest websites including Reddit, Amazon, Twitch, CNN, The New York Times, BBC, PayPal, HBO Max, Hulu, PayPal, even the UK government’s website appeared to be down on Tuesday morning at around 10:50 a.m. BST / 5:50 a.m. ET.
Users started reporting website issues across numerous sites on Downdetector simultaneously.
The problem is reportedly arising from performance issues with Fastly, an American cloud computing services provider. In a service status update at 9:58 a.m. BST, the company said, “We’re currently investigating potential impact to performance with our CDN services.” At the time of writing, Fastly wrote, “The issue has been identified and a fix is being implemented.”
Mashable has reached out to Fastly for comment.
Major websites failed to load on Tuesday morning, instead appearing emblazoned with error messages, for example, the homepage of The Independent newspaper:
News outlets including the Guardian, The Verge, and others tweeted that their websites were being affected by a “wider internet outage.”
For many, Twitter appeared to still be operational, which was fortunate for those wanting to scream in the void while unable to access their favourite ways to waste time online.
Get well soon, internet.
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