"This disruption to network traffic had a cascading effect on the way our data centres communicate, bringing our services to a halt. It said in a statement: "Our engineering teams have learned that configuration changes on the backbone routers that coordinate network traffic between our data centres caused issues that interrupted this communication. Why did Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram crash?įacebook said a "faulty configuration change" on its routers was believed to be at the centre of the outage. The issue has affected desktop, mobile phone and app users. Soon after the first report came through, the hashtag #facebookdown was trending on Twitter, with users worldwide reporting issues connecting. Users attempting to access Facebook were being shown a message saying the site "can’t be reached", while sister site Instagram is currently displayed a "5xx Server Error". When did Facebook, WhatsApp and Instagram crash?Īccording to DownDetector, a site which monitors reports of outages using a variety of different sources, the issues started at around 16.44pm BST (11.44 ET), and affected users globally, as people reported being unable to access or send messages through the platforms either on their computers or smartphones. Here's everything you need to know about the social media outage. Messenger and Instagram, which are owned by Facebook, were also affected, as well as Workplace and other associated Facebook apps.Įarlier on Monday, Facebook finally revealed the cause of a global outage. Tens of thousands of WhatsApp users reported issues using the global instant messaging service earlier on Monday, while Mark Zuckerberg's social giant Facebook also went down. Read more on Latest India News on, WhatsApp, Instagram and Messenger were offline after crashing for seven hours on Monday. Instagram has over 210 million users in India.įor breaking news and live news updates, like us on Facebook or follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Reportedly, Facebook has more than 410 million users in India, and its WhatsApp messenger counts the country as its biggest market with over 530 million users.
News agencies Reuters and AFP have confirmed that the outage is faced by users worldwide. Social-media giant’s instant messaging platform WhatsApp was also down for over 14,000 users, while Facebook Messenger was down for nearly 3,000 users. The portal showed there were more than 20,000 incidents of people reporting issues with Facebook and Instagram.
Bear with us, we’re on it! #instagramdown Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. “Instagram and friends are having a little bit of a hard time right now, and you may be having issues using them. Bear with us, we’re on it, says Instagram following the major outrage.
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