Internet outage hits major websites, netizens flood Twitter with memes

Although major websites were up and working after the brief outage, netizens made the most of it by racking jokes and sharing memes online.

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Even though most websites started to work again, the meme-fest didn't stop.

From news portals to social networking sites, multiple outages hit websites across the globe on Tuesday leaving netizens in a frenzy. Right from Reddit to Amazon, netizens failed to access scores of platforms, raising alarm on Twitter and soon enough, several hashtags popped up online creating a huge buzz.

Leading websites operated by news outlets, including the Financial Times, the Guardian, the New York Times, CNN, were down. Popular platforms like Twitch, Spotify, Hulu, HBO Max, and Pinterest were also impacted. People were greeted with “Error 503 Service Unavailable” on an array of platforms. Even Britain’s gov.uk, was inaccessible for quite sometime.

According to a report by BBC, cloud computing provider Fastly, which underpins a lot of major websites, said it was behind the outage. The firm said there were issues with its global content delivery network (CDN) and was implementing a fix.

We identified a service configuration that triggered disruptions across our POPs globally and have disabled that configuration. Our global network is coming back online. Continued status is available at https://t.co/RIQWX0LWwl

— Fastly (@fastly) June 8, 2021

Websites were also beginning to be restored, after around an hour of downtime, the report added. However, that didn’t stop netizens from flooding social media with jokes and conspiracy theories. From an impending apocalypse to blaming Loki behind the attack, Twitter seemed to work for most, and it got everyone talking online.

The sudden outage sparked many memes and jokes online, with hashtag #InternetShutdown, #InternetDown and #Error503 dominated trends on Twitter globally. From netizens to brands, all joined the bandwagon to find some solace amid many panicking it might be a “cyber attack”.

Guess it’s time to Have A Break 🍫👋 #InternetShutdown

— KITKAT (@KITKAT) June 8, 2021

We can confirm that the #InternetShutdown has not been caused by squirrels nibbling through the main “Internet Wire” pic.twitter.com/zBZPZ0SNku

— Keele University (@KeeleUniversity) June 8, 2021

oh no Cuthbert #InternetShutdown pic.twitter.com/cVaS0S8nZJ

— Media Molecule (@mediamolecule) June 8, 2021

Funny how the internet goes down on the eve of #Loki 😌 god of mischief playing games?? #InternetShutdown pic.twitter.com/mraE7JXI8N

— natalie (@natIou) June 8, 2021

Right. Who let Jen near the internet? #InternetShutdown pic.twitter.com/nsHWQmgJ1O

— ZX Spectrum Guide (@zxspectrumguide) June 8, 2021

Live footage as the techies at Fastly try to fix The Internet…#outage #InternetDown #InternetShutdown pic.twitter.com/QWu337PR50

— Division Order (@divisionorderuk) June 8, 2021

Sorry, my mom picked up the phone #internetdown pic.twitter.com/h4egUqrFdO

— ᎬᎥᎶᎬᏁ (@EigenLenk) June 8, 2021

South Park predicted it, kinda. #InternetDown pic.twitter.com/qb92TSgGml

— 𝙋𝙖𝙪𝙡 𝙈𝙘𝙂𝙖𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙜𝙝𝙮 (@PaulMcGarraghy) June 8, 2021

How it feels to Tweet when the internet is down. #InternetShutdown #internetoutage #internetdown pic.twitter.com/pr9WwL7qof

— Uddalak Das (@ninja_writer21) June 8, 2021

#internetdown #InternetShutdown

Meanwhile youTubers streamers and socialmedia influencers be like :– pic.twitter.com/tmrUTZ9M3t

— Debanshi Biswas (@BiswasDebanshi) June 8, 2021