A global technical outage lasting hours on "Meta" platforms (Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp) caused widespread disruption to social communication and businesses reliant on these platforms, according to Mada Al-Rafidayn News monitoring. Data showed that Iraq was among the countries most
affected by the outage, reopening the debate on the risks of over-reliance on monopolistic entities in managing critical digital infrastructure. Iraqi experts called for the need to support local platforms and enhance disaster recovery plans for government electronic services.
