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Facebook, Instagram users worldwide report widespread outages

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Posted at 9:59 AM, Oct 04, 2021
and last updated 2021-10-04 20:18:48-04

Facebook and Instagram users worldwide reported widespread issues with the social media site Monday morning, according to crowdsourcing website Down Detector.

The website that reports telecommunication and social media outages, it received more than 38,000 reports of a problem on the social media site at about 10 a.m.

The most reported problem users reported was "website."

The site also received more than 54,000 reports of a problem on Instagram at around 10 a.m.

According to the site, they received more than 22,000 reports of a problem on Whatsapp at approximately 10:30 a.m.

Down Detector also reported issues with Tik Tok, after they received more than 500 reports of a problem at approximately 1:30 p.m.

It's not yet known what is causing the issues on the platforms.

We will update you if we get more information.