Bhubaneswar: A number of users around the world have been reporting problems with Facebook and its subsidiaries Instagram and WhatsApp since Wednesday evening. The company has acknowledged the same and said that “the issue is not related to a DDoS attack.”
We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing the Facebook family of apps. We’re working to resolve the issue as soon as possible.
— Facebook (@facebook) March 13, 2019
It is reported that some users in Brazil, India, Paraguay, Bangladesh, Argentina and a few others countries are not able to send messages on Messenger, posting on Facebook feed, sending images on WhatsApp and accessing Instagram. Instagram is reportedly the most affected with posts not loading, stories not showing, direct messages down and post button reportedly not responding for some.
We at Odisha Bytes also faced issues while sending images on WhatsApp and posting updates on Facebook.
Instagram at around 10:15 AM on Thursday announced that their services have been fully restored.
Anddddd… we’re back. pic.twitter.com/5E8UdlcsPJ
— Instagram (@instagram) March 14, 2019