Facebook and Instagram services suffer widespread outages
Several of Facebook’s products are suffering partial outages, affecting users globally.
Those on Instagram were not able to refresh feeds or post new material. Facebook Messenger’s desktop version did not load - but the mobile app appeared to allow the sending of some messages, but users reported glitches with other kinds of content, such as images. WhatsApp, Facebook's other messaging app, had similar problems.- DownDetector monitors posts on other social networks for users mentioning a loss of service elsewhere.
"Facebook for personal use is fine - but what happens when we rely on large companies such as this to provide business services?" she said.
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