WhatsApp, Instagram, Facebook and Facebook Messenger users are currently reporting issues with the apps on Android, iOS as well as PC. While Instagram and Facebook users are unable to update their news feed, WhatsApp users are unable to send or receive any messages. According to the tracking website DownDetector, more than 32,000 people have reported issues with WhatsApp. As for Instagram and Facebook, over 28,000 and 1,300 reports have been registered so far.
Many are unable to log in or use the series of apps.
Website, Down Dectector shows issues with all the apps around the world.
A number of problems have been reported with the apps.
Instagram is showing a server error while Facebook also has an error for users trying to login. 78% of all issues are reported with the Facebook newsfeed.
When navigating to Instagram’s website users are shown the message, “5xx Server Error. More than 125,000 users have reported issues with Instagram"
Over 24,000 users in the UK have reported issues with Whatsapp.
81% of users have reported problems with sending and receiving messages on Facebook Messenger with just under 5,000 users reporting the outage in the UK to Downdetector.
Social media indicates that it could be a global outage with many users across the globe impacted.
Twitter users in India, Nigeria and more all suggested issues across the social media platforms.
One user wrote: "WhatsApp, Facebook, and Instagram are all down – it's almost as if monopolies are a bad idea."
Downdetector shows issues with Whastapp
Another wrote: "I can handle Facebook being down.... but WhatsApp as well? Can't live with it, can't live without it."
London, Manchester and Hull appear to be the main areas impacted, however the outage does seem to be impacting all of the UK, with areas in Europe also reporting issues.
A map below from Downdetector shows the outage across the UK.
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