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Today with Dr. Kaye: What would happen if Facebook, Instagram no longer existed?

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(WEAA) — On Monday, a massive outage took down Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp. 

 

The outage lasted roughly six hours.

Many users who rely on social media sites to run businesses or to communicate with family and friends were left frustrated and overwhelmed. 

 

What would happen if Facebook and Instagram no longer existed? 

 

In the long term, what actually happens to us from being addicted to social media? 

 

ALSO READ: Why Facebook and Instagram went down for hours on Monday

 

Click below to hear Dr. Kaye’s discussion: