Real-time online monitor Downdetector said it has seen more than 5.6 million reports about issues with Facebook and its services Instagram and WhatsApp since 11:15 a.m. ►Facebook consumer boycott: Would you take a Facebook or Instagram break? Why civil rights groups want you to log out ►Early Black Friday deals: Amazon rolls out 'Black Friday-worthy deals' earlier than ever, kicking off holiday shopping 'We are experiencing networking issues and teams are working as fast as possible to debug and restore as fast as possible.' On Instagram, messages including 'Couldn't Refresh Feed' or “5xx Server Error” appeared.įacebook chief technology officer Mike Schroepfer issued an apology to users on Twitter: '*Sincere* apologies to everyone impacted by outages of Facebook powered services right now,' he tweeted. Instagram and WhatsApp are not showing new or updated content. We’re working on it and we’ll get it fixed as soon as we can.' Users going to Facebook's site saw an error page or an onscreen message that said, 'Sorry, something went wrong. The outage affects nearly 7 billion users between the three platforms. ET Monday morning according to the site Down Detector. The social network and the Facebook-owned platforms all stopped working around 11:30 a.m. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez to break the company up.Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp have apparently all gone down in a major outage. And it prompted calls from legislators like Rep. While the outage was frustrating for daily users of Instagram and Facebook, it was far more problematic for the millions of people who use WhatsApp as a primary communication tool. Four hours later, Schroepfer tweeted, “We are experiencing networking issues and teams are working as fast as possible to debug and restore as fast as possible.” Meanwhile, the company offered no explanations. Shortly after the outage occurred, Facebook spokesperson Andy Stone tweeted that the company was working to restore access to its apps. Even Adam Mosseri, the head of Instagram, nodded to the broad extent of the outage, tweeting that it 'does feel like a snow day.' Others reported that the badges they use to enter Facebook buildings had stopped working. A number of employees told BuzzFeed News that they could not receive emails from outside addresses. Inside Facebook, the outage wreaked havoc across several crucial internal systems.

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