JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Facebook and Instagram users around the world faced problems Wednesday morning.
Facebook acknowledged the problem on Twitter saying they are working to resolve the issue.
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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.
— Facebook (@facebook) March 13, 2019
Users are having a hard time logging in, loading pages, posting, adding friends, liking and refreshing.
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
Thousands of people are experiencing issues, according to Down Detector.
#FacebookDown and #InstagramDown was trending on Twitter, with word buzzing about the sites being down.
I just saw worldwide trends about #instagramdown and #FacebookDown, but I still didn't get the points because I was deactivated and deleted my instagram lol, but when I tried to log in, hmm i think i understand :/ pic.twitter.com/v9632hIwQO
— 🖤|🌵𝙂𝙞𝙩𝙨🌻|엑소 중독!!✨|JFB!! (@yesgorgeouss) March 13, 2019
Down Detector was swamped with comments on Wednesday morning from people all over the world complaining about Facebook.
Here are some of the comments:
"Facebook won't let me post keeps saying error, so I logged out and now it won't let me log in grrr"
"Facebook is down in Orlando, FL. I can't log in and am not able to send photos via messenger."
"Down in France!"
"In Poznań, Poland, can't reply, comment, leave own posts"
Facebook AND Instagram are down??? This has got to be Facebook HQ right about now... pic.twitter.com/RRhlNkIvga #facebookdown
— Shahroze Qayyum (@shahroze_qayyum) March 13, 2019