Facebook and Instagram, sister social media platforms and addiction of many a people around the world are experiencing an outage in many parts of the world. If you’re one of them, don’t worry. You’re not alone.
Update: Facebook has confirmed the outage
UPDATE: Facebook confirms platform outage / issues…
“We’re investigating the issue and working on a resolution”https://t.co/eaTRnNF5Pg#FacebookDown #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/llSW9VFQeN
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) November 20, 2018
Multiple users have been experiencing a “Service Unavailable” error message when trying to load the site while for Instagram is experiencing similar outages.
It has been reported that the outage is being experienced predominantly in the UK, Europe and East Coast of the United States but other parts of the world are also experiencing service issues.
Lots of people reporting Facebook and Instagram being down in UK and Europe right now#facebookdown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/9UoWdd48Sk
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) November 20, 2018
Facebook and Instagram down in Europe for several minutes now.
— Menschenskind (@konsumensch) November 20, 2018
People have been panicking around the world at the news
** Facebook is down. I repeat Facebook is down.** Keep calm. Nobody panic. pic.twitter.com/ggbfMrgEV6
— Darren Altman (@DarrenAltman) November 20, 2018
Anyone else having trouble accessing Facebook? #facebookdown
— prominciat (@prominciat) November 20, 2018
For many addicts of social media, particularly Facebook and Instagram, it’s nothing short of apocalypse
People trying to find out what happened to Facebook.
#FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/liOD7bN6CA
— Cameron Grant (@coolghost101) November 20, 2018
While many are turning to Twitter in desperate times
Facebook and Instagram are down.
Twitter – pic.twitter.com/eyGus6CPuZ
— Cameron Grant (@coolghost101) November 20, 2018
Facebook is down again. Twitter, you stay strong! pic.twitter.com/071ZFxvC2O
— Leigh Spann (@WFLALeigh) November 20, 2018
Others are trying to reach the websites’ customer service for answers but to no avail
Facebook is down and the support message isn't ominous at all pic.twitter.com/azBPJFyoQR
— James Temperton (@jtemperton) November 20, 2018
Are you experiencing difficulties with Facebook and Instagram? Let us know where you live in the comments below.
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