1 big thing

Facebook’s very bad few days

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Yesterday, Facebook faced a major outage that knocked out all of its apps -- Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp -- for hours, across the globe. This came on the heels of revelations by whistleblower Francis Haugen, a former Facebook employee who leaked thousands of documents showing the way Facebook prioritizes profits over people.

  • Plus, the scramble to contain one of the largest oil spills in California’s history.
  • And, dating apps get political in Texas.

    • Guests: Axios' Sara Fischer, Andrew Freedman, and Michael Mooney.

    Credits: Axios Today is produced in partnership with Pushkin Industries. The team includes Niala Boodhoo, Sara Kehaulani Goo, Dan Bobkoff, Alexandra Botti, Nuria Marquez Martinez, Sabeena Singhani, Lydia McMullen-Laird, David Toledo, Michael Hanf, and Alex Sugiura. Music is composed by Evan Viola. You can reach us at [email protected]. You can text questions, comments and story ideas to Niala as a text or voice memo to 202-918-4893.

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    • Facebook whistleblower's moment
    • California oil spill may close beaches for months
    • Texas-based dating apps get political
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