This picture taken on October 5 shows logos of US social networks Facebook, Instagram and mobile messaging service WhatsApp on the screens of a smartphone and a tablet in Toulouse, southwestern France. Newsweek reached out to Facebook for comment but did not receive a response in time for publication.įacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were all down on Monday morning. While users could launch the WhatsApp mobile application, the connection couldn't be established. When accessing the Instagram browser, instead of the normal feed appearing, some users were getting a blank screen with a message about a "5xx server error." Facebook was issuing its standard message for technical glitches, which informed users that "something went wrong" and the platform would "get it fixed as soon as we can." As of noon on Monday, Down Detector, a website that tracks outages of sites like Facebook, had more than 125,000 reports of Facebook being down, close to 100,000 reports of Instagram not working and just over 35,000 reports that WhatsApp was not operating properly. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience," Facebook wrote on Twitter.įacebook, Instagram and WhatsApp were down for users around the world on Monday morning, prompting thousands of people to report issues with accessing the social media and messaging platforms.įacebook acquired Instagram in 2012 and WhatsApp in 2014. "We're aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products.
ET-Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are still not working, but the company issued a statement saying it was aware of the issue and is working to resolve it. The world's largest social media platform has been embroiled in a firestorm brought about by Haugen, with US lawmakers and The Wall Street Journal detailing how Facebook knew its products, including Instagram, were harming young girls, especially around body image.Update: 4:56 p.m. The outage comes a day after a whistleblower went on US television to reveal her identity after she leaked a trove of documents to authorities alleging the social media giant knew its products were fueling hate and harming children's mental health.įrances Haugen, a 37-year-old data scientist from Iowa, has worked for companies including Google and Pinterest - but said in an interview with CBS news show "60 Minutes" that Facebook was "substantially worse" than anything she had seen before. Meanwhile, the company's market value has soared from USD 375 billion at the end of 2018 to nearly $1 trillion now. Hello literally everyone- Twitter October 4, 2021įacebook's annual revenue has more than doubled from USD 56 billion in 2018 to a projected USD 119 billion this year, based on the estimates of analysts surveyed by FactSet.
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