Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp are back up after a brief downtime
by Michael Allison from Latest from Android Central on (#588TD)
The outage lasted about an hour.
Update, September 17 (4pm ET): Service has returned to normal for all the affected platforms.
What you need to know- Facebook's services have gone down worldwide.
- The outage encompasses adjacent platforms including Instagram and WhatsApp.
- All three platforms boast billions of users.
Facebook's social media services have gone down, disrupting communication for the billions who rely on them. The outage affects Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, all of whom have a userbase measuring in the billions.
With the services still down, users have taken to Twitter to complain about the outage and share memes, because it's 2020.