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In the past couple of months, Facebook, Instagram, and other social networks have faced a lot of outages. But how can you make sure that if the site’s actually down or if it’s just your phone or network provider?
There are multiple ways to do it. First, you can check the official source of each site.
But not all these boards present information in an understandable and friendly manner. That’s where other websites like Downdetector and Outage Report come in.
The next time you see that a website is not working for you, use this method to check – and don’t forget to tweet @ us.