20 November 2024,   09:20
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Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp back online after 6-hour crash

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are once again accessible, more than six hours after users first reported a major outage that took the services offline Monday.

Some of the services are not yet fully functioning - for example, some users are still reporting problems posting new content to Instagram.

“To the huge community of people and businesses around the world who depend on us: we’re sorry. We’ve been working hard to restore access to our apps and services and are happy to report they are coming back online now. Thank you for bearing with us”, - Facebook said in a statement.

Facebook did not disclose what went wrong.

All three platforms stopped working shortly before noon ET, when the websites and apps for Facebook’s services were responding with server errors. Reports on DownDetector.com showed the outages appeared to be widespread, but it was unclear how many users were unable to access the apps.

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