Facebook users in parts of the world experiencing a biggest social media blackout, according to reports online. Downdetector.com reports Facebook problems are evident parts of central Europe and the East and West Coast of US.
BREAKING: #Facebook down worldwide for many users https://t.co/UOBiODYQzd pic.twitter.com/ZZ3Gke0aTE
— RT America (@RT_America) 13 January 2017
Well at least #facebook is down for everyone else too! pic.twitter.com/KgRu9CYxr4
— Ariel Coverage (@ArielStrasser) 13 January 2017
#FacebookDown: impossibile visualizzare la maggior parte dei profili e pagine pubbliche pic.twitter.com/GPy10KSWZ4
— Medea Web (@MedeaWeb) 13 January 2017
Just waiting for Facebook pages to get back online #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/DndmT2JOMo
— Funny Tweets (@FunnyThingsUK) 13 January 2017
When all three of your brand pages throw up errors #FacebookDown #MarketingMeltdown #wineoclock pic.twitter.com/cMr9KWWgln
— Narley Chicholls (@CharleyNicholls) 13 January 2017
Facebook business manager is DOWN. pic.twitter.com/MyMpNDPBMW
— Hayley Lyons (@hayley_lyons) 13 January 2017
Facebook has yet to comment via its newsroom or official Twitter page, despite the collective twittersphere going into a mini meltdown.
Error messages on the social network suggest Facebook’s team is working to fix the problems as soon as it can.Facebook is down since 12:12 PM ESThttps://t.co/RKoZl9z9of
RT if it’s down for you as well #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/HDFVzXfnH4— Outage Report (@ReportOutage) 13 January 2017
Complaints from users range from Facebook timeline issues to pages not loading correctly.
“Can’t access any company pages for which I am an admin,” one person wrote online.
“Personal page not loading fully. Newsfeed seems to be working.”
Another added: “In Arlington, Virginia. Cannot access my notifications… what’s going on??!!”
@facebook OK. You had your fun. Great Friday the 13th joke. Can you get Business Manager back up and running now? Thanks.
— Letitia Gutierrez (@LejanATX) 13 January 2017
Friday the 13th. Facebook down. Coincidence?
— Dale Matthews (@daleamatthews) 13 January 2017
Some people are suggesting the issues have something to do with today being Friday the 13th.
“Friday 13th-coinkdink? I think not,” wrote one Facebook user.
“All the pages are empty except for profile pic and header photo. Friday the 13th? Hmmmm strange,” another added.
Source: RT.com