Facebook and Instagram are DOWN

Facebook and Instagram are down with thousands of users across the world reporting problems with the social media platforms.

Users of both of the Facebook-owned services have reported a huge outage has left them unable to access their profiles. 

People have taken to Twitter to post a string of hilarious responses to the outage, with one user asking ‘does this mean that i actually have to work now?’

This map shows the outage for Facebook worldwide. The majority of those affected are in the mainland  Europe. Some people trying to access their Facebook profile has been greeted with the standard error message

Issues mostly appear to have affected mainland Europe and South East Asia, with the US and UK largely spared from the fault. 

Facebook has yet to comment on the disruptions, which began around 10:30am GMT (5:30am ET) this morning. 

Since then, more than 600 people have reported problems with photo-sharing platform Instagram to the outage tracking site DownDetector.

Just over 300 Facebook users have reported issues with the social media site.

Visitors to the Facebook site are met with a statement which says: ‘Sorry, something went wrong.

‘We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.’

Instagram users were left seeing a page reading: ‘Oops, an error occurred.’

Facebook has yet to comment on the disruptions, which began around 10:30am GMT (5:30am ET) this morning. Users have taken to Twitter to post their hilarious reactions to the outage 

Facebook has yet to comment on the disruptions, which began around 10:30am GMT (5:30am ET) this morning. Users have taken to Twitter to post their hilarious reactions to the outage 

Some Twitter users have complained that the Instagram and Facebook outages mean they now have to speak to their loved ones 

Twitter user @eliinkaarlssonn wrote: 'Facebook and Instagram is down?? does this mean that i actually have to work now?'

Twitter user @eliinkaarlssonn wrote: ‘Facebook and Instagram is down?? does this mean that i actually have to work now?’

 Instagram users were left with a page reading: 'Oops, an error occurred.' Shown is the map of the Instagram outage

 Instagram users were left with a page reading: ‘Oops, an error occurred.’ Shown is the map of the Instagram outage

Users have taken to Twitter to complain of the outage, with many posts accompanied by the hashtag ‘#facebookdown’

It remains unclear whether the outage is the result of an internal issue at Facebook or whether it’s been caused by outside influences.

Users have taken to Twitter to vent their frustrations at the the outages.

User @eliinkaarlssonn tweeted: ‘Facebook and Instagram is down?? does this mean that i actually have to work now?’

Posting a picture of a Facebook error screen, user @profinblack wrote: ‘This just happened. People be panicking in 3… 2… 1… #FacebookDown’.

Visitors to the Facebook site are met with a statement which says: 'Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can'

Visitors to the Facebook site are met with a statement which says: ‘Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can’

A number of people have posted on Twitter that they only came to the site to check if Instagram and Facebook were down

A number of people have posted on Twitter that they only came to the site to check if Instagram and Facebook were down

Just over 300 Facebook users have reported issues with the social media site. Many have taken to Twitter to post their hilarious reactions to the outage 

Twitter hashtags #instagramdown and #facebookdown are being used by users  complaining of the outages

Twitter hashtags #instagramdown and #facebookdown are being used by users complaining of the outages

Twitter users are urging others not to panic and to remain calm as the social media sites are out for hundreds of people

Twitter users are urging others not to panic and to remain calm as the social media sites are out for hundreds of people



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