Facebook's bad week: a 60 Minutes interview, a six-hour outage, and a Senate whistleblower hearing

Published: Oct. 8, 2021, 8 a.m.

b"The Verge's Nilay Patel, Dieter Bohn, Alex Cranz, and Russell Brandom discuss Facebook's bad week: from a 60 Minutes interview, to a 6-hour outage, to a Facebook whistleblower hearing.\\nThe crew also get into Android 12, Pixel 6 rumors, iOS 15.1, and more.\\nFurther reading:\\n\\nVerge Tech Survey 2021\\n\\nFacebook encourages hate speech for profit, says whistleblower\\n\\nLocked out and totally down: Facebook\\u2019s scramble to fix a massive outage\\n\\nFacebook is coming back after a six-hour outage\\n\\nFacebook is back online after a massive outage that also took down Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger, and Oculus\\n\\nFacebook explains the backbone shutdown behind its global outage on Monday\\n\\nWhat is BGP, and what role did it play in Facebook\\u2019s massive outage\\n\\nEverything you need to know from the Facebook whistleblower hearing\\n\\nThe whistleblower hearing hits Facebook where the company is weakest\\n\\nThe Facebook whistleblower hearing unearthed the danger of engagement algorithms\\n\\nFacebook\\u2019s whistleblower report confirms what researchers have known for years\\n\\nFacebook runs the coward\\u2019s playbook to smear the whistleblower\\n\\n\\u200bWhat\\u2019s good, bad, and missing in the Facebook whistleblower\\u2019s testimony\\n\\nMark Zuckerberg breaks silence to say the Facebook whistleblower\\u2019s claims \\u2018don\\u2019t make any sense\\n\\nFacebook reportedly slows feature development for \\u2018reputational reviews\\u2019\\n\\nGoogle just announced its Pixel 6 event on October 19th\\n\\nAndroid 12 review: it\\u2019s mostly about the looks\\n\\nAndroid 12 will be coming to Pixel phones in the \\u2018next few weeks\\u2019\\n\\nPixel 6\\u2019s rumored 23W wireless charging stand and more details leak early\\n\\niPhone 13 Mini and 13 Pro Max battery life: better, and a beast\\n\\nThe latest iOS 15.1 beta includes iPhone 13 Pro camera features\\n\\nHalide\\u2019s latest update brings the iPhone 13 Pro\\u2019s Macro Mode to older iPhones\\n\\nAfter Epic v. Apple, a small developer is challenging Apple\\u2019s in-app payment system\\n\\nApple is making it easier to delete accounts attached to third-party apps\\n\\nApple\\u2019s healthcare division leaned on misleading data, report alleges\\n\\nNintendo Switch OLED review: screentime\\n\\nGoogle\\u2019s latest Next doorbell and camera are not obvious upgrades\\n\\nAmazon is reportedly working on a smart fridge\\n\\nTwitch confirms major data breach after its source code and secrets leak out\\n\\nTaylor Swift fans are getting caught up in the Virginia gubernatorial race\\n\\nThe Verge is now on your smart TV\\n\\nAnnouncing Springboard: The Verge\\u2019s documentary on the forgotten history of the Treo\\n\\n\\nVergecast - A Tech Podcast by Derek Rhoads bit.ly/cutthroughthenight\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"