Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp down (update: Back up)

Facebook, Instagram, Whatsapp down (update: Support)

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Bad news for those who desire to check on their friends' status: Facebook is currently down.

Based on Downdetector and Tom'south Guide's own experiences, Facebook went down around 5:30 pm ET on April 8. Those trying to get to the site were greeted with an error message that read "Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on getting this fixed every bit presently as we tin."

Update (5:55 pm ET): It appears that the outage has been stock-still.

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In looking at DownDetector's status page, the problem appears to exist adequately widespread, with users beyond the U.S. reporting the outage. User comments below betoken that Facebook is suffering outages beyond the globe, likewise.

The problem does not appear to be isolated to Facebook, either: Facebook Messenger, Instagram, Whatsapp, and Oculus — all Facebook-owned backdrop — also look to exist inoperative.

The outage is affecting not just the desktop interfaces, but also the mobile apps for those sites, though we were able to successfully post to Instagram from the iOS app.

This is the second major outage among these sites in the last three weeks, affecting literally billions of people across the planet.

We take yet to hear an official statement from Facebook, but volition update this story equally nosotros hear more.

Michael A. Prospero is the deputy editor at Tom'south Guide overseeing the home, smart dwelling, drones, and fitness/wearables categories, besides as all ownership guides and other evergreen content. When he's not testing out the latest running scout, skiing or training for a marathon, he's probably using the latest sous vide machine or some other cooking gadget.