Global Internet Outage Triggers Meme Fest As #InternetShutdown Trends

Even as a probe was underway to find out what happened, those not affected by the outage shared funny memes on social media

Multiple outages hit the internet on Tuesday, shutting down several media, government and social media websites across the world. Leading websites operated by news outlets such as the Financial Times and The New York Times, and e-commerce sites like Amazon were down but restored later. Other sites that were impacted included HBO Max, Quora, PayPal, and Vimeo. The outages lasted for a few minutes to an hour. Some reports suggested that there was a glitch at a US-based cloud computing services provider but more details were awaited. ???? UK government, New York Times, Guardian, FT, Spectator & CNN websites are all reportedly down simultaneously????#InternetShutdownpic.twitter.com/Do7pVaV6Gh Seriously? Is this End? #InternetShutdownpic.twitter.com/qhtFFbslDA #internetoutage back to solitaire.#InternetShutdownpic.twitter.com/kRdfVcmvam People tweeting about #InternetShutdown from the perfectly fine internet right now like pic.twitter.com/u40LmjCSTV Me agreeing with everyone on the internet with #InternetShutdown even when my internet was working just fine. pic.twitter.com/RemvcMsrVA People tweeting about #internetdown from their completely fine internet right now.#InternetShutdownpic.twitter.com/4srxSdfnlJ Me tweeting about #internetdown from my completely fine internet right now.#InternetShutdownpic.twitter.com/2A4ErI709y How it feels to Tweet when the internet is down. #InternetShutdown#internetoutage#internetdownpic.twitter.com/pr9WwL7qof #InternetShutdownFamous influencers..!! pic.twitter.com/qbmfTJatC4 #internetdown#InternetShutdownMeanwhile youTubers streamers and socialmedia influencers be like :-- pic.twitter.com/tmrUTZ9M3t #InternetShutdown no worries let's go out pic.twitter.com/NpE3yIOE3y Experiencing #InternetShutdown#internetdownpic.twitter.com/ICLl0xzLGe It was me.I plugged the wrong pie warmer in.#InternetShutdownpic.twitter.com/LFwfplddpH *updates LinkedIn profile to 'Skynet CTO'* #InternetShutdownpic.twitter.com/uBfJMFtxTI As an investigation was underway to find out what exactly happened, users on social media platforms that were not affected by the outages shared funny memes and began wondering “is this the end”.