'I have never seen Facebook down this long.'
A short time later, Facebook indicated the outage was not related to an attack aimed at overwhelming the network.
A grand jury in New York has subpoenaed information from at least two major smartphone makers about such arrangements with Facebook, according to the Times. "It has already been reported that there are ongoing federal investigations, including by the Department of Justice," a Facebook spokesman said in response to an AFP inquiry.
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