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* A combination of the announcement of Mingyi's return to Music/{{ATEEZ}} and a livestream of the ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'', as well as people discussing said parade, all caused Facebook and Instagram to go down for two hours on November 28, 2019.

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* A combination of the announcement of Mingyi's return to Music/{{ATEEZ}} and a livestream of the ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'', UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade, as well as people discussing said parade, all caused Facebook and Instagram to go down for two hours on November 28, 2019.



* Facebook crashed again on October 27, 2020 due to a combination of the unboxing of the Playstation 5 and the announcement of an ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series for Netflix.

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* Facebook crashed again on October 27, 2020 due to a combination of the unboxing of the Playstation [=PlayStation=] 5 and the announcement of an ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series for Netflix.



* On September 22, 2022, Facebook Messenger and Instagram crashed when the release date of the teaser trailer for Creator/IlluminationEntertainment's ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' movie was announced.

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* On September 22, 2022, Facebook Messenger and Instagram crashed when the release date of the teaser trailer for Creator/IlluminationEntertainment's ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' movie ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie'' was announced.
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* Facebook crashed again on October 27, 2020 due to a combination of the unboxing of the Playstation 5 and the announcement of an ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' series for Netflix.

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* Facebook crashed again on October 27, 2020 due to a combination of the unboxing of the Playstation 5 and the announcement of an ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' ''Franchise/AssassinsCreed'' series for Netflix.
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* On November 3, 2021, Facebook and its related services went down due to a message from Namjoon of BTS being posted on [=WeVerse=] and the results of Election Day 2021 being announced.

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* On November 3, 2021, Facebook and its related services went down due to a message from Namjoon of BTS being posted on [=WeVerse=] and the results of Election Day 2021 being announced.
* On September 22, 2022, Facebook Messenger and Instagram crashed when the release date of the teaser trailer for Creator/IlluminationEntertainment's ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' movie was
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* The first trailer for the third season of ''Series/StrangerThings'' caused Facebook to crash because of excited fans.
* On April 14th, 2019 a posting of Music/{{BTS}}' performance on ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'', combined with news of a deadly tornado in Texas, caused Facebook to go down for 90 minutes due to the amount of people trying to see both.
* Facebook also crashed on August 13, 2019, when it was announced that Harry Styles was playing Prince Eric in a remake of ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}''.
* Another crash happened on September 9, 2019, when people were checking the site after an article was spread on the site about Creator/ClintEastwood dying (which was later revealed to be a hoax). Later that same day, the trailer for ''Film/TheLighthouse'' caused the site to crash a second time.
* Eight days after the above incident, NBC announcing [[ContinuityReboot Continuity Reboots]] of ''Series/PunkyBrewster'', ''Series/SavedByTheBell'' and ''Series/{{Battlestar Galactica|1978}}'' and the announcement of ''WesternAnimation/BigMouth'' having a CrossOver with ''[[Series/QueerEye2018 Queer Eye]]'' both being done at the same time caused Facebook to crash.
* A combination of the announcement of Mingyi's return to Music/{{ATEEZ}} and a livestream of the ''UsefulNotes/MacysThanksgivingDayParade'', as well as people discussing said parade, all caused Facebook and Instagram to go down for two hours on November 28, 2019.
* Facebook also crashed when it was announced that Creator/KirkDouglas had passed away. This is justified, as that's where the news was first posted, with other news sources picking up the news two hours after said post went online.
* People also crashed Facebook on June 15, 2020 to report on the fact that several cellphone providers' service had gone offline for unknown reasons.
* Facebook crashed yet again when it was announced that Lil Marlo had died in a road rage incident. Like with Kirk Douglas above, Facebook was the first source to break the news.
* Facebook crashed again on October 27, 2020 due to a combination of the unboxing of the Playstation 5 and the announcement of an ''VideoGame/AssassinsCreed'' series for Netflix.
* Facebook also crashed at least twice when the Season 2 finale of ''Series/TheMandalorian'' came out due to many fans sharing their thoughts on the episode.
* On January 23, 2021, Facebook crashed due to the news of Larry King's passing.
* On March 19, 2021, Facebook and its related services crashed due to the release of ''Series/TheFalconAndTheWinterSoldier''.
* On November 3, 2021, Facebook and its related services went down due to a message from Namjoon of BTS being posted on [=WeVerse=] and the results of Election Day 2021 being announced.

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