Facebook\, Instagram down across world: Users panic after global outage\, FB denies cyber attack

Facebook, Instagram down across world: Users panic after global outage, FB denies cyber attack

Users across the globe are experiencing problems sending messages and posting on Facebook. The social networking giant's image-sharing website Instagram also suffered service disruptions.

Edited by: India TV News Desk, New Delhi [ Updated: March 14, 2019 6:59 IST ]
Facebook, Instagram down across world for hours now;

Facebook, Instagram down across world for hours now; netizens in panic

Social networking platforms Facebook and Instagram continue to be down even after hours have passed since the global outage. According to latest inputs, Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are inaccessible to a large number of users after having stopped working since Wednesday evening. Social media users across the globe are experiencing problems sending messages and posting content on Facebook. The social networking giant's image-sharing website Instagram also suffered service disruptions. 

After users reported about the inconvenience faced by them on the websites and mobile apps, Facebook took to Twitter to respond, "We're aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We're working to resolve the issue as soon as possible." 

The tech major confirmed that the problem was not related to a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) cyber attack.

"We're focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack," Facebook informed the users, who believed the service disruption could be a "cyber atatck". 

Although the users could open Facebook and Instagram mobile apps, they experienced troubles uploading posts, say reports. Internet users made their way to Twitter to complain about the hours-long service disruption with hashtags such as "#FacebookDown", "#InstagramDown" and "#Whatsapp".

Meanwhile, the social media outage became the butt of jokes on Twitter. Several Facebook users took to the micro-blogging website to tickle their funny bone with satirical comments, jokes and memes.

Here are some of the reactions:

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