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Don’t Have A Meltdown: Is Facebook, WhatsApp, And Instagram Down?

Facebook and Instagram users, don’t have a meltdown. It is not your connection or that you’re banned, but simply both sites are down.

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6 years ago

September 3, 2018

Unheard Voices Staff

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Facebook and Instagram users don’t have a meltdown. It is not your connection or that you’re banned, but simply both sites are down.

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Social media Facebook and Instagram are down

The Daily Mail reports website Down Detector, shows the outage appears to have started around 4:48 p.m. (ET), with worldwide reports within an hour.

“A live outage map shows hotspots in the northeastern region of the US, as well as some parts of Europe.

Users reported having issues logging into the service, posting comments and viewing photos.

As a result, Facebook-owned apps like Messenger and WhatsApp appeared to have also been hit by the outage, albeit there being fewer user reports on Down Detector.”

Errors

Facebook showed an error message for some users on its site that read: ‘Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue.

‘We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes.’

For others, users cannot see comments, notifications, or create posts.

As of now the internet company has not released a statement on the matter.

Update:
By 7pm, the issue on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp appeared to have resolved.

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Unheard Voices is an award-winning news magazine that started in 2004 as a newsletter in the Asbury Park, Neptune, and Long Branch, NJ areas to broadening into a recognized Black online media outlet. The company is one of the few outlets dedicated to covering social justice issues. They are the recipient of the NAACP Unsung Hero Award and CV Magazine's Innovator Award for Best Social Justice Communications Company.