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| Facebook & Instagram down: Temporary service outage plagues US, Europe | |
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| Thousands of Facebook and Instagram users worldwide, mostly in the east coast of the US and parts of Europe, have suffered temporary service outages on Monday. The company has apologized for the “inconvenience.” | Thousands of Facebook and Instagram users worldwide, mostly in the east coast of the US and parts of Europe, have suffered temporary service outages on Monday. The company has apologized for the “inconvenience.” |
| The social media giant has been having issues for about 90 minutes since 4:48pm EDT, according to the Down Detector web service. Over 13,000 users reported troubles logging into their accounts or suffering a “total blackout.” | The social media giant has been having issues for about 90 minutes since 4:48pm EDT, according to the Down Detector web service. Over 13,000 users reported troubles logging into their accounts or suffering a “total blackout.” |
| Many users immediately took to Twitter to check what was going on and express their distress with the issue. | Many users immediately took to Twitter to check what was going on and express their distress with the issue. |
| “Earlier today, a networking issue caused some people to have trouble accessing or posting to various Facebook services,” Facebook spokesman Jay Nancarrow said. “We quickly investigated and started restoring access, and we have nearly fixed the issue for everyone. We're sorry for the inconvenience.” | “Earlier today, a networking issue caused some people to have trouble accessing or posting to various Facebook services,” Facebook spokesman Jay Nancarrow said. “We quickly investigated and started restoring access, and we have nearly fixed the issue for everyone. We're sorry for the inconvenience.” |
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