Millions Flock to Signal and Telegram After Facebook Outage

WhatsApp alternatives gain from protracted Monday downtime
Twitter and Clubhouse became public forums to discuss outage

Facebook shares tumbled after the company suffered a devastating outage, and a whistleblower accused the social media giant of putting “profit over safety.” Kurt Wagner reports.(Source: Bloomberg)

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By Vlad Savov

October 4, 2021 at 9:40 PM EDT

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October 5, 2021 at 7:22 PM EDT

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Signal and Telegram, two private messenger apps, saw downloads and user sign-ups soar during the extended downtime of Facebook Inc.’s network of apps and services.

Millions of new users joined the Edward Snowden-endorsed Signal on Monday, it said on Twitter. Telegram, whose functionality closely mirrors that of WhatsApp, surged 55 places to top the U.S. iPhone download chart, according to Sensor Tower.

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