People Called 911 When Facebook Crashed

EMERGENCY

L.A. County sheriff tweets PSA about not calling them.

Published Aug. 2 2014 10:09AM EDT

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Contrary to what some apparently believe, a Facebook outage is not an emergency. Facebook went down for a half hour-ish on Friday morning, prompting several people to dial 911.

People Called 911 When Facebook Crashed

L.A. County sheriff tweets PSA about not calling them.

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