Digital Digging with Henk van Ess

Digital Digging with Henk van Ess

Trillions of Posts Go Dark on Facebook – Here's Your Flashlight

'Who Posted What' Still Remembers What You Did Last Summer

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Henk van Ess
Sep 13, 2025
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Facebook has apparently 'glitched' its way into making trillions of posts and photos completely unsearchable. We are now on day two of 'The Great Facebook Darkness of 2025’. (If you need a light, check Who Posted What. )

No major tech site has reported about the outage yet, and let's hope they never have to. It could be a temporary glitch that's solved …

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