People Began Reporting Issues with All Three Platforms at the Same TimeĭownDetector reported a spike in issues for all three platforms just before 12 p.m. They’ll likely operate slowly for some time before the platforms are stable again, experts warned. As of early Monday evening, some people were beginning to see the social media platforms back online. The good news is that there may be some positive signals of a fix beginning to come in. However, it’s possible it could take some time to fix the issues if servers are involved. Both Facebook and Instagram have said they are working on the problem. The issue appears to be widespread, as people are reporting problems around the world. A 5xx error message appears on Instagram’s website, which points to a server issue. People are sharing that they’ve encountered errors, including a “something went wrong” message, when they try to access the platforms. Thousands of users are reporting that Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp have all crashed. One commented saying: 'I'm here switching between using my wifi and mobile data tryna see what's the problem until I went online and saw it's a global thing happening.Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp users are reporting issues. 'I almost threw my phone', the desperate user said while responding to WhatsApp's statement, while several more said they tried restarting their phone but to no avail. This was echoed by a WhatsApp lover who said they went all the way to delete and reinstall the app multiple times in the hope it would start working again.

While one joked about how they rebooted their router five times only to discover if had nothing to do with their broadband.

Twitter has been listed among those reported to be malfunctioning, but it works well enough to become the friendly host for all those wanting to check all users are in the same boat.Ī tweeter posted a meme of panicking social users wondering what is happening. 'Hi! It’s my birthday and I’m legally obligated to post pictures of balloons that state my age - please hurry! Love you,' said another. One Instagram user went viral as she tweeted: 'Guys I was flirting in my dms get instagram back up please.' Bear with us, we’re on it! #instagramdown.' Instagram also sent out a tweet to its users saying: 'Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. A user's response to the tweet says: 'I started doubting my Internet connection', to which the WhatsApp spokesperson reassured them saying: 'It's not you, it's us.

Instagram and whatsapp down