


The Associated Press reported that it was "rare" for such an outage to be global.

However, there is no data as of yet to show that the outage is connected to the recent news. It also came the day after the whistleblower Frances Haugen claimed in a US interview that the company prioritises its own interests over the public good.Some Twitter users mentioned that Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp all went down on the day following a "60 Minutes" report about Facebook and Instagram. Shares in the tech company fell 5.7 per cent on Monday and wiped $50bn (£36.7bn) off its market value. More than 30,000 Instagram users also had similar complaints, with 51 per cent relating to the app, 26 per cent over the server connection and 23 per cent citing the website.Ī graph on the DownDetector website showed a clear spike from after 4pm. More than 75,000 had complained about WhatsApp, with 43 per cent reporting issues with the app itself, while 28 per cent cited the server connection and 28 per cent relating to sending messages. Most complaints cited issues with the website (72 per cent), while others were linked to issues with the server connection and the app. WhatsApp, Instagram and Facebook: Social media sites back online but outage wipes $50bn off market valueĭata on the web service monitoring platform DownDetector showed that almost 50,000 people had reported the outages on Facebook by just after 5pm in the UK.
