{"id":87859,"date":"2021-10-04T16:29:33","date_gmt":"2021-10-04T20:29:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=87859"},"modified":"2021-10-04T16:29:33","modified_gmt":"2021-10-04T20:29:33","slug":"you-gotta-luv-it-facebook-instagram-whatsapp-down-worldwide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=87859","title":{"rendered":"You gotta luv it!!! Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down Worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down Worldwide After DNS Records Vanish;<br \/>\nEmployees Badges Reportedly Not Working<\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update (1507ET):<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0Facebook appears to have more than DNS issues, as NYT&#8217;s Sheera Frenkel reports:<\/p>\n<p><main class=\"main-content\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"ArticleFull_container__2-yXg\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_22=\"71\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_22=\"71\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_22=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_22=\"1\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_mainContent__38L44\">\n<div class=\"NodeContent_body__2clki NodeBody_container__1M6aJ\">\n<p><em>&#8220;Was just on phone with someone who works for FB who described employees unable to enter buildings this morning to begin to evaluate extent of outage because their badges weren&#8217;t working to access doors.&#8221;\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445099150316503057&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffacebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages&amp;sessionId=d2f7523566ca90a27b977f30270f907a7938810d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445099150316503057\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This may suggest Facebook&#8217;s\u00a0internal systems are down. DNS issues that affect the website don&#8217;t hinder employees from entering buildings.<\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Update (1448ET):<\/strong><\/em>\u00a0It&#8217;s been several hours, and Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Facebook Messenger, are still down. According to internet researchers, Facebook appears to be dealing with a Domain Name System (DNS) issue.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/facebook%20outage.jpg?itok=MoLlu5Y9\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/facebook%20outage.jpg?itok=MoLlu5Y9\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/facebook%20outage.jpg?itok=MoLlu5Y9\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"275\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"abc90815-c22e-4cea-9537-6bf65c03adbb\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Internet security researcher\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/briankrebs\/status\/1445081561536339970\">Brian Krebs tweeted<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Confirmed: The DNS records that tell systems how to find Facebook.com or Instagram.com got withdrawn this morning from the global routing tables. Can you imagine working at FB right now, when your email no longer works &amp; all your internal FB-based tools fail?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>To be more precise (and Geek Factor 5) the BGP routes serving Facebook&#8217;s authoritative DNS were withdrawn, rendering all Facebook domains inaccessible. That&#8217;s per @DougMadory , who knows a few things about BGP\/DNS.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Searching for Facebook&#8217;s DNS records comes up empty-handed.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/dns.png?itok=OQfs925y\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/dns.png?itok=OQfs925y\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/dns.png?itok=OQfs925y\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"160\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"bd6a039e-b1bc-44ef-ae31-5fe8ade27f9d\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>NBC News&#8217;\u00a0Kevin Collier called the DNS issues at Facebook &#8220;really bad.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445088214172291074&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffacebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages&amp;sessionId=d2f7523566ca90a27b977f30270f907a7938810d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445088214172291074\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s even a ripple effect across the internet.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445091980296458249&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffacebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages&amp;sessionId=d2f7523566ca90a27b977f30270f907a7938810d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445091980296458249\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Meanwhile, everyone on Twitter&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/twitter_1.png?itok=2I3FZpst\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/twitter_1.png?itok=2I3FZpst\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/twitter_1.png?itok=2I3FZpst\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"437\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"12ba388e-08fb-4d42-9492-17ad69740dcc\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>* * *<\/p>\n<p>Downdector reports that Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Facebook Messenger are experiencing issues and \/or outages worldwide. The outage comes just before a Facebook whistleblower is set to testify before Congress on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/unnamed_52.jpg?itok=9FWLlNn7\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/unnamed_52.jpg?itok=9FWLlNn7\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/unnamed_52.jpg?itok=9FWLlNn7\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"350\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"33f7259d-9825-41bd-b7fc-7ec4a637b620\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Users began to report issues with the social media platform around 1120 ET.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/snaggit.png?itok=LWnvyF-J\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/snaggit.png?itok=LWnvyF-J\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/snaggit.png?itok=LWnvyF-J\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"241\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"fe60dfc7-c19c-4e56-bacc-d3e3d5fb7228\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook users report the website won&#8217;t load with an error message that reads:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Sorry, something went wrong. We&#8217;re working on it and we&#8217;ll get it fixed as soon as we can.&#8221;<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/fbook.png?itok=O-tRVXTq\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/fbook.png?itok=O-tRVXTq\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/fbook.png?itok=O-tRVXTq\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"198\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3a101879-e616-45a7-84a1-1832fc0c475f\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone acknowledged on Twitter that &#8220;some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products.&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-3\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-3&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445058088436908045&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffacebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages&amp;sessionId=d2f7523566ca90a27b977f30270f907a7938810d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445058088436908045\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The timing of the widespread outages comes as a Facebook whistleblower will be testifying before Congress on Tuesday. The\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/technology\/facebook-whistleblower-claims-profit-was-prioritized-over-clamping-down-hate-speech\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">whistleblower appeared<\/a>\u00a0on &#8220;60 Minutes&#8221; Sunday, detailing the tech company&#8217;s mission to put profit before doing &#8220;what was good for the public,&#8221; including clamping down on hate speech.<\/p>\n<p>Shares of the tech company slid 6% by early afternoon, tumbling not just on the whistleblower but also the global outage.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/unnamed-1_8.jpg?itok=VnddYgEh\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/unnamed-1_8.jpg?itok=VnddYgEh\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/unnamed-1_8.jpg?itok=VnddYgEh\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"279\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"3185d4f5-11b2-48b9-b5ab-4e87c993182a\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook users took to Twitter to complain about the outages:<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-4\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" 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class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-6&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445064510746791941&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffacebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages&amp;sessionId=d2f7523566ca90a27b977f30270f907a7938810d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445064510746791941\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-7\" class=\"\" 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title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-8&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445064000350289931&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffacebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages&amp;sessionId=d2f7523566ca90a27b977f30270f907a7938810d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445064000350289931\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Twitter user Chad Loder tweeted: &#8220;someone nuked the DNS A and AAA records for Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-10-04-1_0.png?itok=QN5pYzUK\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/2021-10-04-1_0.png?itok=QN5pYzUK\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/2021-10-04-1_0.png?itok=QN5pYzUK\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"640\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"c059b501-c8a7-49b8-a99c-5db5e0067645\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jack\/status\/1445079948432117778\">Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey responds<\/a>\u00a0to\u00a0Loder&#8217;s tweet and asks &#8220;how much?&#8221;<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-9\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/Tweet.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-9&amp;features=eyJ0ZndfZXhwZXJpbWVudHNfY29va2llX2V4cGlyYXRpb24iOnsiYnVja2V0IjoxMjA5NjAwLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X2hvcml6b25fdHdlZXRfZW1iZWRfOTU1NSI6eyJidWNrZXQiOiJodGUiLCJ2ZXJzaW9uIjpudWxsfSwidGZ3X3NwYWNlX2NhcmQiOnsiYnVja2V0Ijoib2ZmIiwidmVyc2lvbiI6bnVsbH19&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1445079948432117778&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fmarkets%2Ffacebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages&amp;sessionId=d2f7523566ca90a27b977f30270f907a7938810d&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=fcb1942%3A1632982954711&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1445079948432117778\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Let the conspiracy theorists run wild with today&#8217;s events:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>&#8220;Facebook is down because it was trending for a whistleblower testifying before congress today. Now they are trending for being down. Clever PR stunt,&#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DigitalPockets\/status\/1445076310041120775?s=20\">said one Twitter user<\/a>.\u00a0<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>On the bright side, with a broad part of social media platforms down today, maybe people will get back to work and boost global productivity since the outage is broad.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/main>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/markets\/facebook-instagram-whatsapp-experience-global-outages<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp Down Worldwide After DNS Records Vanish; Employees Badges Reportedly Not Working<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-87859","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87859","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=87859"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/87859\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=87859"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=87859"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=87859"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}