Facebook, Messenger and Instagram hit by major outages

Major outages were reported this Wednesday

Facebook, Messenger and Instagram affected

Wednesday 22 July has brought a major setback for Facebook, Messenger and Instagram users. People have reported significant problems with these services. We hope to resolve this quickly. Please try again in a few minutes.

Users locked out of their apps

In some cases, users are simply being signed out of the apps or can no longer access them. This is a particularly disruptive issue for the vast numbers of people who use these platforms. Meanwhile, several thousand reports of the fault have been logged on DownDetector.