Facebook And Instagram Down Globally In Apparent Outage
LOS ANGELES (CBSLA) - Facebook and Instagram are down for many users across the globe.
Reports of the outage began to spike around 9 a.m. PST and continued through the morning hours, while Facebook addressed the issues via Twitter Wednesday, saying, "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."
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.
— Meta (@Meta) March 13, 2019
A message on Facebook's login page states that the site "is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes."
Users are reporting that they are having trouble posting to the sites, while others are receiving an error code or can't log in at all.
People took to Twitter Wednesday morning to express their concerns after not being able to log in to the social media platforms.
My Instagram keep trashing!! Suddenly I got log out and when I'm trying to log in it's saying "network error" fix this immediately!! @instagram pic.twitter.com/73J5jlB1zY
— anna ia ???? (@vantaehub) March 13, 2019
uh oh, I realized what if once in week there will be FB down time wherein you can communicate with your friends and family in the old ways, talking to them personally, bond with them. social media kills the real essence of socializing! #facebookdown #twitter pic.twitter.com/4yRCu5UDmE
— ???? (@01BronzBeauty30) March 13, 2019
This What i got 2minutes ago. #Facebookisdown #facebookdown#socialmedia pic.twitter.com/kjmxwb0w2V
— Nana Yaw Koffo ???? ???????? (@nanayawkoffo) March 13, 2019
When I try to post something on Instagram and it gets stuck, so I post again and it gets stuck again, so I sign out & delete the app & redownload the app & it won't sign me in. Then go on twitter to see #facebookdown & #instagramdown trending. Should have gone to twitter first. pic.twitter.com/ZbXCRpo9Iz
— Katerina Sardi (@katysardi) March 13, 2019
It appears users all over the world are reporting problems.
Facebook later confirmed that the issue is not related to a DDoS attack, in which hackers overwhelm the site with fake traffic, reports explain.