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Facebook DOWN – website and app not working for thousands of users
FACEBOOK users are reporting that the app and website are down.
Thousands of people across the globe have logged issues with the platform on the independent website DownDetector.
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Facebook is down for users across the globe[/caption]
According to the online outage tracker, the ongoing problems began around 8am BST (3am ET) on Friday.
Users in the UK, US, Canada and Australia are among those affected.
It’s not immediately clear what is responsible for the outage.
Based on social media reports, users attempting to access Facebook on the Safari web browser appear to be worst affected.
People are reporting issues with Facebook via online outage tracker DownDetector[/caption]
Users took to Twitter to investigate the mysterious disruption[/caption]
However, some fans have also reported problems with the app, as well as Facebook-owned services WhatsApp and Instagram.
We’ve tried those apps from The Sun HQ in London and they appear to be working fine.
Facebook also appears to be working in the Google Chrome web browser, as well as Microsoft Edge.
However, when trying to access the site from Safari, a blank page shows and we’re unable to login.
The Sun has reached out to Facebook for comment.
Users took to Twitter to investigate the mysterious disruption.
Users attempting to access Facebook on the Safari web browser appear to be worst affected[/caption]
One wrote: “Is #facebook down for anyone else right now? It’s just loading a blank page… #facebookdown #fb”.
Another said: “Looks like UK got a high degree of #facebookdown in #Safari on @Apple? Can’t tell you how frustrating that is.”
And a third tweeted: “FacebookDown on Safari? Seems OK on Chrome and the app is working.”
Facebook is the world’s most popular social media platform, boasting 2.8billion monthly active users.
Outages are not uncommon, and typically last up to a few hours before full service is retored.
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