

The last major outage of Facebook platforms was in June 2021, when people in the US, Morocco, Mexico and Brazil all reported not being able to connect.Facebook has issued an apology for the outage which impacted the social media giant, along with Instagram and WhatsApp, for several hours late on Monday.įacebook Engineering said in a statement on Twitter: “To the huge community of people and businesses around the world who depend on us: we’re sorry. When attempting to visit Instagram using a desktop web browser, it gives up a ‘5xx Server Error’ and Facebook simply says ‘this site can’t be reached.’ Meanwhile those who aren’t on Twitter!🤦🏼♂️ /AWEknc47riĪdding that the ‘incident not related to country-level internet disruptions or filtering.’Įveryone on their way to Twitter when instagram and Facebook are down /SADm4o2WlI People are on Twitter to check if they’re down or not.

WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook all together are down. NetBlocks, which tracks internet outages, tweeted: ‘Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger are currently experiencing outages in multiple countries.’ It is unclear what has caused the issue, although it has disrupted all Facebook owned platforms, including the Oculus Virtual Reality gaming website. We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience. We’re aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook Messenger are all owned by Facebook. There were multiple jokes along the same lines, with one showing a fast track race and the caption: ‘Me and my friends running to twitter to see if fb, whatsapp and insta are down.’ Me after realizing whatsapp, instagram and facebook is down for everyone 😋 /4uk7wHDxMv Professor: That's where Twitter comes in /A9h3uVhfcnĮvery time Facebook and Instagram are down, it draws people to Twitter, with one user sharing a meme of Homer Simpson jumping from his house to Moe’s bar, with the Twitter logo over the door. Me: WhatsApp, Facebook and Instagram are down. The hashtag #instagramisdown and WhatsApp were both also trending on Twitter, with a number of users saying they checked their internet connection when they couldn’t get on Facebook. ‘We’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience,’ the executive said in a tweet.
