Outages Reported Across Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, and Messenger

Facebook services including Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp, and Facebook itself are all currently suffering outages, based on user reports posted to social media.

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The majority of issues appear to be focused in European countries, but problems have also been reported in other countries, too, suggesting even more widespread outages.

Users of the Facebook-owned apps report issues connecting to the platforms, leaving them unable to post or access news feeds, direct messages, and stories.

Facebook hasn't responded to the reports of widespread connection issues yet, but we'll update this article with any further developments.

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xxray Avatar
67 months ago
Wow, that results of that lawsuit were quick!
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sfwalter Avatar
67 months ago
The FTC sure works fast these days.
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67 months ago
Fingers crossed it’s permanent
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5097842 Avatar
67 months ago
Will be a nice mental health day if the outage continues.
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67 months ago
Good for humanity
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67 months ago
The top level facebook technicians in China are already working on a fix, should be ok soon.
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