Instant messaging service WhatsApp and social media sites Facebook and Instagram went down for users worldwide on Monday, according to officials and reports on Downdetector, a site which tracks website and service outages and global analytic groups.

Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp remained down Monday afternoon, hours after users started reporting issues.

People trying to access Facebook.com were met Monday afternoon with a DNS error which prompted them to check if there was a typo in the URL. Instagram users trying to access the site got a server error.

It remained unclear Monday afternoon what caused the issues.

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This has led to an uproar among all social media users as they stormed the other available social media platforms to lament.

These three sites have been down for several hours and it appears they are all experiencing similar problems.

The message you get when you try accessing Facebook is: “Social media users who tried to access Facebook received a message which read: “Sorry, something went wrong. We’re working on it and will fix it as soon as we can.”

Similar messages were gotten for Instagram and for WhatsApp, messages and status do not load in order for users to access the site.

Summary report says;

October 4th got off to a bad start for Facebook. The world's most popular social network went down at about 11:44 EDT. It wasn't just Facebook though. Instagram, WhatsApp, and Facebook Messenger also went down.



While Facebook has yet to report on what's happening with this total social network failure, website status sites such as DownForEveryoneOrJustMe and DownDetector are all reporting that Facebook is down. The problem isn't limited to just the United States. There are numerous reports that the site is down in Europe and the Middle East.

Some Facebook users report seeing an error message reading: "Sorry, something went wrong. We're working on it and we'll get it fixed as soon as we can." Instagram and WhatsApp users say they're getting a "5xx Server Error." 

Facebook Communications Director, Andy Stone, tweeted,  "We're aware that some people are having trouble accessing our apps and products. We're working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible, and we apologize for any inconvenience."


This collapse comes the morning after Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen, revealed on 60 Minutes that Facebook's own research shows that it amplifies hate, misinformation, and political unrest to maximize profits over the good of the public.