It's a Bad news, friends: Facebook appears to be down for a large number of its users. Instagram, which is owned by Facebook, is also reportedly struggling too.


Users of the social media platform began reporting issues around 11:11 a.m. EST, and it appears the outage has spread. The problems appear to be affecting users on both desktop and mobile.

Multiple services, like Down Detector and Outage Report, have high numbers of users reporting the issues.

Services tied to Facebook, like SocialFlow, have reported issues with the platform's publishing API, too.

Some users can access their News Feed, but are having issues posting updates and sharing on the network. Facebook's Platform Status page, meanwhile, has reported healthy operations since Oct. 7, and for some users hasn't been accessible since a little after 12 p.m. EST.

A smaller number Instagram of users are also experiencing these technical difficulties. The problem doesn't appear to be as widespread as the Facebook issue, but Outage Report's numbers have jumped up in the last hour for the Instagram, too.

Naturally, the internet turned to Twitter to vent its collective frustration at Facebook.

The memes were kind of strong.
Facebook hasn't provided any more information about what might be behind the outage, but its aware of the issue. A Facebook spokesman said "We’re aware that some people are currently having trouble accessing Facebook and Instagram and we’re working to get things back to normal as quickly as possible.”