According to website DownDetector, the problems on the four. Update 6:48PM ET: Added a note that WhatsApp is also coming back online. Facebook, Facebook Messenger, Instagram and WhatsApp are all currently down, with users reporting widespread issues with the services. Update 6:07PM ET: Added a note that Facebook and Instagram started coming back online. It appeared to occur sometime around 11:45 a.m. Update 4:39PM ET: Added comment from Facebook CTO Mike Schroepfer. 4, apps and websites for Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, and WhatsApp all were down and unavailable in an apparent global outage. Update 3:04PM ET: Added context from Brian Krebs.

Akamai eventually fixed the problem later that same day. Facebook alone is in control over its DNS records.'īack in July, Akamai Technologies, one of the largest content delivery networks in the world, went through a similar outage, leading to a large section of the internet, including platforms like the PlayStation Store, TikTok and LastPass, becoming inaccessible. 'It could well have been the result of an internal, system-wide change or update that went awry. Per journalist Brian Krebs, Facebook's DNS records were withdrawn from the global routing tables sometime this morning.'We don't know why this change was made,' Krebs wrote in a tweet. Update your settings here, then reload the page to see it. This content is not available due to your privacy preferences. Facebooks services including WhatsApp, Messenger, and Instagram are currently down globally including India.

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