Facebook Briefly Killed the Internet

For a few minutes this evening, Facebook was redirecting users visiting dozens
of websites — including Mashable — to cryptic error pages.
The reaction online was pretty much what you'd expect, with — as the The Next
Web noted — hashtags like "Facebookmageddon" and "Facebocalypse" common
amongst Twitter users.
So what happened, exactly? There was an issue [...]
Source:
http://www.ezonearticle.com/2013/02/08/facebook-briefly-killed-the-internet/