Social media users reported problems with both Facebook and Instagram on Wednesday afternoon.
The “Facebook down” hashtag began trending on Twitter in the late afternoon.
The sites are said to have been hit by technical issues with users reporting being hit by error messages.
Facebook say the issue is affecting its “family of apps” and that the company is working to fix the problem.
Tracking website Down Detector has recorded thousands of reports of both Facebook and Instagram not working in the UK.
Instagram is owned by Facebook.
A spokesman for Facebook said: “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.”
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
The social media issues prompted the usual memes and gifs on Twitter, which was working fine throughout the turmoil.
Almost 2 months exactly since last major Facebook outage. https://t.co/gJekKXFn0t
— FacebookDown (@UghFacebookDown) March 13, 2019
⚠️ WARNING ⚠️
Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp are down… you'll actually have to talk to each other during dinner this evening ?
Read more here > https://t.co/syIs9mk7JG#FacebookDown #InstaDown #InstagramDown #WhatsAppDown #DigitalMarketing #SocialMedia #EpicFail pic.twitter.com/zhKxwP1lnd
— 123 Internet Group (@123INTERNET) March 13, 2019
Right now, Facebook and Instagram are down. That means nothing that happens actually counts, so go nuts.#facebookdown
— Caleb Howe (@CalebHowe) March 13, 2019
Facebook is down. And Instagram. But Twitter is standing strong. As always. #facebookdown #Facebook
— Marie C (@9woodMac) March 13, 2019
Facebook and Instagram: “We’re sorry. Something went wrong. Please try again.”
Twitter: pic.twitter.com/tYmL2kzFOr
— FacebookDown (@UghFacebookDown) March 13, 2019
Yup, Facebook is down rn. But we’re here. Hi. Right here. How’s your day going? #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/eNqtK2CDBw
— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) March 13, 2019
