Facebook, Instagram And WhatsApp Are Down: Now What?

It is interesting to take a look at the context of when these outages occur. This is pure speculation, but perhaps some cause/effect analysis is warranted. This also happened today?

Facebook, Instagram And WhatsApp Are Down: Now What?

It's been over an hour, and the big three social media platforms are down for the count.  

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all stop working
Facebook says it is aware of issue and is trying to implement a fix – but not why it has broken or when it will come back online
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp down for users across US
The social media apps Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp were not working Monday morning.

It is interesting to take a look at the context of when these outages occur.  This is pure speculation, but perhaps some cause/effect analysis is warranted. This also happened today?

Whistleblower: Facebook is misleading the public on progress against hate speech, violence, misinformation
Frances Haugen says in her time with Facebook she saw, “conflicts of interest between what was good for the public and what was good for Facebook.” Scott Pelley reports.

Stocks took a tumble as well...

Stocks Fall as Investors Weigh Debt Ceiling, Evergrande
The Nasdaq lost more than 2%, as bond yields ticked up and investors weighed continued uncertainty about the debt ceiling and indebted property developer China Evergrande.

..while Republicans play politics with the United States' creditworthiness.

Senate GOP blocks bill that would fund government and suspend debt limit, as time runs short to avoid shutdown and default
Democrats are scrambling to find a way to prevent a government shutdown and a default on U.S. debt.