Facebook and Instagram down globally

Social networking sites Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday went down across the world.

Online users on Wednesday evening took to Twitter to post error messages displayed by the two sites upon attempting entry.

According to reports from international media outlets, Facebook first went down in the United States on Wednesday morning before spreading on to Europe and the rest of the world by evening.

Users who tried to log into the Mark Zuckerberg-led application were greeted by the message: “Facebook Will Be Back Soon. Facebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes.”

Facebook — the parent company of the two sites — issued a statement via Twitter stating: “We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.”

It further explained that the hitch was not due to a cyber-attack.

“We’re focused on working to resolve the issue as soon as possible, but can confirm that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack,” said Facebook.

Okay here I am on Twitter asking if Facebook and Instagram are down for everyone? #facebook #instagram

— Shannon (@SLSTexas73) March 13, 2019

"Facebook is down for required maintenance right now and will return soon." pic.twitter.com/P2k00HJiO8

— Jay Thurber Show (@JayThurberShow) March 13, 2019

Everyone running to twitter to see if facebook and instagram are down pic.twitter.com/lXCcHdASFx

— VT (@vtdotco) March 13, 2019

Facebook is not loading for me. Anyone else? #facebookdown

— Ray Brown (@RayBrownTo) March 13, 2019

Welp… #Facebook & #Instagram is down for "maintenance" pic.twitter.com/kg2tMHs4ff

— Mrs Simone (@thatgirlsimone) March 13, 2019

Facebook Down. In an era of 24 x 7 availability this is unprecendented. What is happening ? New features ? Bug fix ? Hacked ? Too much user Load ? # #facebookdown @facebook #whatwillwedo pic.twitter.com/mK7eYsRrWa

— Dr Dang (@Sudip88818336) March 13, 2019

Facebook is down. And Instagram. But Twitter is standing strong. As always. #facebookdown #Facebook

— Marie C (@9woodMac) March 13, 2019

Facebook and IG are down but twitter isn’t. Look at how God shows his favor.

— Stephanie (@StephBMore) March 13, 2019

Don't see this often. #Facebook #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/KnVt2EwB3x

— Shawn Ahmed (@uncultured) March 13, 2019