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Facebook down: Social network goes dark Facebook down: Social network goes dark
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Facebook appears to be suffering an unexplained outage, as millions of users on the East Coast of the US are getting a message “Sorry, something went wrong” when trying to access the social network. Facebook appeared to be suffering an unexplained outage, as millions of users on the East Coast of the US received a message “Sorry, something went wrong” when trying to access the social network.
According to the web service DownDetector, the outage is spreading westward across the US, and the southeast coast of Brazil appears to be affected as well. According to the web service DownDetector, the outage spread westward across the US, and the southeast coast of Brazil appeared to be affected as well.
WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger also appear to be out of service, though Instagram is up and running still. WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger were also out of service, though Instagram remained up and running.
If you were using Facebook to log into other websites and services, such as Pokemon Go, you’re out of luck. People using Facebook to log into other websites and services, such as Pokemon Go, were out of luck.
There has been an influx of social media users to Twitter, where they are sharing frustrations - as well as memes poking fun at Facebook - under the hashtag #FacebookDown. There was an influx of social media users to Twitter, where they shared frustrations - as well as memes poking fun at Facebook - under the hashtag #FacebookDown.
Facebook has offered no explanation for the outage as of yet. The outage appears to have been resolved as of 1:45 pm ET. Facebook has offered no explanation for the service interruption.
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