Reports are proliferating across micro-blogging site Twitter. Via Downdetectorīoth Facebook and Instagram are down, and users are encountering issues while accessing the services as of writing this.

Map of the affected region via DowndetectorĪpart from Europe, Instagram is taking a massive hit in the entire east coast of the USA. Looks like Europe is at the center of the outage. Matter of fact, both Facebook and Instagram are reportedly down in various parts of the globe as well. Users are taking to social media platforms to vent their frustration: Source Source Source The service is down and not working for many. Going by reports proliferating on Twitter, Facebook Messenger is encountering issues as of writing this.

In case the problem persists for long, do let us know by dropping a comment below. However, it’s reasonable to assume these are just the final wave of users, for whom the problem will get resolved shortly. While the worst seems to be over, there are still reports about the service not being accessible. However, given the fact that a large majority of users likes to chat on the go, the problem quickly became a big deal.

So facebook messenger is down in case anyone was wondering… ( Source)Ī large number of reports said only the app was down, meaning users could still access the service through other platforms like desktop. Did you know that your phone can ALSO make phone calls to contact people? ( Source) So apparently Facebook Messenger is down…and people have been freaking out. Following are some of the tweets from users after they found the app was down. Given the extreme popularity of the application, a very large number of users were affected. The Facebook Messenger app suffered a massive outage today.

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