Facebook and Instagram down: Sites not working for many users worldwide

Facebook and Instagram down: With hashtag FacebookDown, many users have turned to other social media platforms like Twitter to share memes and express their views about the issues. Users are not able to post status updates, send messages, pages are not loading at all or loading very slow.

The app displayed an error message saying “couldn’t refresh feed”, while its website did not load for users. (Image: AFP)

NEW DELHI: It is reported that Facebook and Instagram are suffering a serious outage worldwide with internet users across the globe confronting error messages when they tried to log in or post on these social media sites. Instagram users reported the application is not loading and showing an error message. The message, as received by the users on Facebook, says “Facebook is down for required maintenance now.” #FacebookDown and #InstagramDown was among the top trends on Twitter at the time of filing the copy. Some of the problems on social media site Facebook includes not being able to post status updates, send messages, page not loading at all or loading very slow. Earlier on Monday, many messenger users from the US to the UK reported that they are unable to access the service. Many users have turned to other social media platforms like Twitter to share memes and express their views about the issues.

Damn really lool :D #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/i7zQByzbCL

— Ahmeteus (@temhanakurud) November 20, 2018

Facebook Will Be Back Soon ...

Facebook is down for required maintenance right now, but you should be able to get back on within a few minutes. In the meantime, read more about why you're seeing this message. Thanks for your patience as we improve the site.#FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/R2pwr6cnWF — Romona Foster ???????? (@RomonaFoster) November 20, 2018

Facebook is down. Hello everyone. Welcome to Twitter. It's nice you could join us. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/qqeGa3AwAS

— Rob Jeffries (@RobJeffries) November 20, 2018

#InstagramDown #FacebookDown

Facebook and Instagram are down. Twitter - pic.twitter.com/eyGus6CPuZ — Cameron Grant (@coolghost101) November 20, 2018

I don’t mean to alarm you but there’s a caravan of Facebook people headed towards the Twitter border#FacebookDown

— Jeff Dwoskin - Hashtag Roundup (@bigmacher) November 20, 2018

The first thing I do when I notice a glitch in Facebook or Instagram is come on to Twitter and look for a trending topic.

Ah, there's #FacebookDown. Right on time. pic.twitter.com/D5jk62Tsqo — James Michael Sama (@JamesMSama) November 20, 2018

Everyone that uses Facebook right now.

#FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/wYW8CrGQdB — Cameron Grant (@coolghost101) November 20, 2018

*instagram down* me: *immediately open twitter to tweet about this*#instagramdown

— ???????????????? (@sunkissedhcney) November 20, 2018

It is reported by some users that an error message declared the social media site was down for maintenance. Facebook was yet to reveal the reason behind the outage.