'Facebook basically locked its keys in its car,' tweeted Jonathan Zittrain, director of Harvard's Berkman Klein Center Regarding the internal failures, Instagram head Adam Mosseri tweeted that it feels like a 'snow day'. People using their Facebook credentials to log in to third-party apps such as Pokemon Go and Match Masters were also said to be facing issues.įor hours, Facebook's only public comment was a tweet in which it acknowledged that 'some people are having trouble accessing (the) Facebook app' and said it was working on restoring access. Problems were reported across the world, including in North and South America, Europe, Australia, Russia, and New Zealand.

Instagram posted a similar update for users: “Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them,” the platform wrote online.Twitter Due to your consent preferences, you’re not able to view this.

We’re working to get things back to normal and will send an update here as soon as possible,” adding, “Thanks for your patience!” WhatsApp’s official Twitter account confirmed: “We’re aware that some people are experiencing issues with WhatsApp at the moment. When will WhatsApp and Instagram be available again?Īlthough under the control of Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram also use their official Twitter accounts to keep in touch with users and have done so in the last hour to inform people of the nature of their disruption.Īs with Facebook, both remained tight-lipped on the exact source of the problems but promised that everything was being done to get the platforms back online as quickly as possible. However The Verge has previously made public a leaked transcript in which Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg describes any breaks in service as “a big deal,” warning colleagues that it can result in a loss of trust in the platform. Running to twitter for the tea when whatsapp, facebook and instagram are down /TCN7fHvxKu- BuzzFeed October 4, 2021Ī fairly major disruption in 2019 was explained as a result of vague “routine maintenance operations” which had apparently “triggered an issue” in the platform’s technology.

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