Facebook and Instagram are down
Facebook experienced downtime from shortly after 08:00 on Tuesday 27 January, for which the cause remains unknown. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, also experienced downtime.
Many Facebook users complained about the downtime on platforms like Twitter, using the hashtag #facebookdown.
Engadget reported that other services were also being affected, including AIM, Tinder and Hipchat.
According to DownDetector, which detects when services go down or have outages, Facebook was “having issues since 8:18 AM”.
Instagram tweeted from its official account, saying it was aware of the problem, describing it as an “outage”.
“We’re aware of an outage affecting Instagram and are working on a fix. Thank you for your patience,” it said.
The outage is affecting users across the world, including the USA, Asia, Australia and South Africa.
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