Social media users freak out as Instagram and Facebook crash

WHAT would we do without social media?

Sadly, many customers around the world have been forced to face such a terrifying question this morning when Facebook and Instagram offerings went down.

Users in the US and Europe have been reporting being unable to log in while Australian users additionally suggested dealing with issues. But for Aussie users, each platforms appear to be up and going for walks again.

Parts of South America, the Philippines and India additionally experienced the technical issues.

When human beings visited the site, they had been met with a message that read: “Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please strive again in a few minutes.”

In a assertion to news.com.au, a Facebook spokesperson said: “Earlier today, a networking trouble induced some human beings to have trouble getting access to or posting to more than a few Facebook services. We shortly investigated and started restoring access, and we have almost fixed the difficulty for everyone. We’re sorry for the inconvenience.”

The issues had been now not unique to a particular region, affected specific bills in a different way and had been a result of a networking configuration issue. Most accounts faced troubles for about ninety minutes.