
While this is the latest glitch on Facebook's website ever since last month, which was the biggest. On that occasion, it was more than 24 hours before Facebook gave the all clear confirming its services had completely returned to normal.ĭespite the massive outage, the company was short and sweet in its explanation, attributing the downtime to a “server configuration change.Not Just Facebook, there were issues with WhatsApp and Instagram too, but with a relatively lower count of outage reports, people could not make it that Whatsapp and Instagram are also facing similar trouble.

While it is rare for all the sites to go down at once, it has happened before - in March 2019, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp all went down, not returning until a whole 14 hours later. WhatsApp Web, the desktop version of the messaging app, is currently showing a 'Computer not connected' message. The mobile apps for the sites were also down and failing to load new content. Users attempting to access Facebook are being shown a message saying the site 'can’t be reached', while Instagram is currently displaying a '5xx Server Error.' Instagram and Whatsapp have also confirmed via Twitter that they are working on a solution, but no timescale has been given.

However, the company has given no reason for the issue, with #FacebookDown and #Instadown both currently trending on Twitter.

We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience." It reads: "We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products.

Rather ironically, Facebook had to take to fellow social media site Twitter to issue a statement about the outage. The social media platforms eventually resumed service on desktop and mobile around 11pm British time. Read more: LIVE: Updates as Facebook, Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram go down Users began noticing issues at around 4.44pm according to website DownDetector. Leading social media sites Facebook and Instagram have suffered from a worldwide outage, along with Facebook Messenger and fellow messaging service WhatsApp.Īll three services are owned by Facebook went down for several hours on Monday, with users unable to access them via mobile or desktop web services.
