Chat application WhatsApp and social media platforms Facebook and Instagram have stopped operating properly Wednesday night.
According to some users, certain posts and photos can’t be loaded in some pages on
Facebook.
Reports said Facebook users worldwide have problems logging into their accounts.
Document attachments sent in Facebook messenger can’t be downloaded by some Facebook users furthermore.
Meanwhile, photos and videos can’t be posted on Instagram.
Although the photo-sharing app can load its feed, the
content upload feature
malfunctioned and showed a “Photo Can’t Be Posted” error message.
Facebook and Twitter then released their statement on
Twitter saying that they’re operating to resolve the problems.
“We’re aware that some individuals are having trouble uploading or sending pictures and videos on Instagram. We’re sorry for the difficulty and are operating to get things
back to normal as
quickly as possible,” the 2 firms stated with
hashtags #instagramdown and#facebookdown.
Facebook’s sister application WhatsApp additionally displayed
strange problems that
affected its messaging operate.
Users experienced problem in sending messages as well as audio, photos, and
videos.
Some users saw numerous error notifications which read ‘download failed,’ ‘Try again. If the matter keeps happening, try turning off Wi-Fi or VPN, or connecting to a different Wi-Fi network’ which followed by the non-arrival
of the content, news website The Independent reported.
The incident is presently trending on Twitter, with the hashtags
#facebookdown and #instagramdown.
WhatsApp has yet to release its
statement as of this posting.