Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp were all encountering issues toward the beginning of today for users around the world. Facebook and Instagram were both blocked off, with news sources declining to revive and the principle Facebook.com space inaccessible for over two hours. WhatsApp messages were additionally unfit to be sent or got, and users of Facebook’s main services (Facebook owns Instagram and WhatsApp) went to Twitter to share that they were having issues. Messenger, Facebook’s chat service, was additionally down for over two hours.
The blackouts seem to have begun at around 6:30AM ET at the beginning of today, and a few areas were more generally influenced than others. “Prior today, a few people may experience experienced difficulty associating with the group of apps,” says a Facebook representative in a statement. “The issue has since been settled; we’re upset for any bother.” Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp all began to return online at around 9AM ET at the beginning of today.
Facebook’s issues come only a month after Facebook encountered its worst blackout ever. Facebook, WhatsApp, and Instagram were all blocked off for quite a long time a month ago, and it wasn’t until more than 24 hours after the fact that Facebook at long last gave the all clear. Facebook accused a “server design change,” and apologized for the blackouts.
