The services of major technology companies experienced widespread outages, Monday, and users reported difficulties with Facebook’s Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Messenger services, as well as Google, Twitter, and AWS’s Amazon Web services.

The major providers of mobile services in the United States, such as AT&T, Verizon, and T-mobile, were also subjected to the deviation of their services from the normal course, as a large number of users were unable to make phone calls, exchange text messages, as well as Internet services.

Users indicated that their phones work normally with wireless Internet networks (WiFi), but they are not able to connect to mobile networks.

The reasons for the outage affecting users in many regions around the world were not immediately clear.

Facebook said in a tweet on Twitter that it was aware that some users were having difficulty accessing its apps and services.

The company added that it was “working to get things back to normal as soon as possible.”

The DownDetector website, which monitors the status of electronic services, showed a significant increase in the number of complaints submitted by users of Facebook services, and it was for WhatsApp that some users were having problems running the application and sending messages.

At the level of Messenger, 36% of the complaints submitted through the “Downdetector” website focused on the inability of users to access the service’s website, while 36% also faced a problem with sending messages in general, along with 28% of the complaints centered On the malfunctions that users encounter with the service application on the mobile.

At a time when American political parties are seeking to settle new social media applications that are free from content controls and free of opponents, such as the Jeter and Ramble applications, and before them Parler, the “Polemix ” application was recently launched as a social networking platform that pursues a different philosophy based on the idea of ​​debates and adopts “ Convince me if you can” is a slogan for it, while followers consider it “Tik Tok Ideas”, given the similarity in the general form of the two applications.

Over the past weeks, in an exclusive beta space, the Polemix app has been launched, which its creators claim, in their description across the Apple Store and Play Store, is “the opposite of all social networks”.

During the initial browsing of the application, it appears very similar to the Tik Tok application, short videos (30 seconds) are the basic format of the content, while scrolling above allows skipping the video clip to the next, just like “Tik Tok”.

On Polemix , the debate begins with the seemingly simple question “Will America miss Trump?”, “Is America racist?”, “Does money buy happiness?”, “Did COVID-19 leak from a Wuhan lab?” Is Beyoncé better than Madonna?”, and after the question, it is the turn of the opponents and those in agreement to explain their views through short videos.

As for the voting options, they are limited to: “I am satisfied with you”, or “I respect you, but I oppose you” so that the result appears similar to the results of opinion polls.

The Pegasus program, produced by the Israeli company “NSO”, has sparked global controversy, after human rights and press reports indicated that it was used in attempts to hack the phones of leaders, journalists, government officials, and activists around the world.

Amnesty International and media organizations, and in cooperation with the French journalist Forbidden Stories, said that governments of several countries used the program to monitor the communications of up to 50,000 people, something that most of the governments mentioned in the report denied.

The spyware, developed by an Israeli software company called (NSO Group), allows extracting SMS, photos, emails, recording calls, and activating the phone’s camera and microphone without the owner’s knowledge.

Macron changes his phone and number
A French presidential official said on Thursday that President Emmanuel Macron had changed his phone and number in light of what was revealed in the Pegasus spyware case.

The official added that there was no confirmation that Macron’s phone had actually been hacked. “It is nothing more than additional security measures,” he told Reuters.

The French government spokesman, Gabriel Attal, said that France had decided to amend the insurance procedures, especially those related to Macron’s insurance.

And French newspaper Le Monde reported that one of Macron’s phone numbers, which he has used regularly since 2017, is included in the list of potential spy targets.

Israeli investigation
Israel announced that the government had assembled a team of senior officials from several ministries to look into growing allegations of worldwide exploitation of spyware sold by an Israeli company, adding that an audit of the company’s exports was unlikely.

A prominent member of the Israeli parliament said Thursday that a parliamentary committee may consider imposing restrictions on the export of spyware, according to Reuters.

Morocco files defamation lawsuit
Morocco decided to file a lawsuit before the Criminal Court in Paris against the organizations “Forbidden Stories” and Amnesty International for defamation, according to what the lawyer appointed by the Kingdom to follow up on the case announced in a statement sent to “AFP” Thursday.

Algeria: Investigation into espionage operations
On Thursday, Algeria decided to open an investigation into espionage operations against the country’s interests, which affected Algerian personalities, according to a statement by the Public Prosecutor at the Algiers Judicial Council.

Merkel warns
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Thursday urged stronger international restrictions on the sale of spyware after reports that several governments had used Pegasus.

International and European condemnation
The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called on Monday for better “regulation” of surveillance technologies after reports on the Pegasus program.

In a statement, Michelle Bachelet said that what was revealed by the media about the spyware program “confirms the urgent need to better regulate the process of sale, transfer, and use of surveillance technologies and to ensure their tight control.”