![]() ![]() The three apps - which are owned by Facebook and run on shared infrastructure stopped working simultaneously just before 3am (AEDT). We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience,” Facebook wrote in the tweet. Octo6:21AM Tens of thousands of social media users are experiencing trouble accessing Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, according to outage tracking website. “We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. In a statement posted on Twitter, the social media giant acknowledged the outages. Last week, the company’s Global Head of Safety Antigone Davis testified before a Senate committee. The company has faced intense criticism since the Wall Street Journal ran a series of stories, including one that said Facebook’s internal research found that Instagram had a negative impact on the mental health of teenagers. The sites and apps being down come around the same time as a whistleblower coming forward and providing documents that she says show that the company, which owns all three, is aware of harm it causes. ![]() ![]() ![]() The outage came amid mounting difficulties for the company. The outage is also affecting Oculus, the company’s virtual reality platform. Facebook's own site would not load at all Instagram and WhatsApp were accessible, but could not load new content or send messages. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.” Users can still open Instagram, but the app will not refresh feeds. More than 20,000 people have reported that the WhatsApp is not working for them. Update 4:45pm CT: It appears that some Facebook services are slowly coming back online.įacebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp are experiencing outages on Monday afternoon.ĭown Detector, which crowdsources people who indicate problems on websites, shows a spike in people reporting Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp being down starting around 11:00am CT.Ī message on Facebook’s website reads: “Sorry, something went wrong. Tens of millions of users unable to access WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook. ![]()
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