Facebook was down

Some of Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp’s more than 2 billion users were unable to access the online services from Wednesday until Thursday afternoon as the social network and its sister apps suffered a prolonged outage.

Facebook confirmed on Twitter that its suite of apps were offline for some users, stemming from server issues. But the company said Thursday that it has fixed the problem and that its systems are “recovering.”

“We’re very sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate everyone’s patience,” Facebook said.

Facebook ✔ @facebook Yesterday, as a result of a server configuration change, many people had trouble accessing our apps and services. We've now resolved the issues and our systems are recovering. We’re very sorry for the inconvenience and appreciate everyone’s patience.

6,885 12:24 PM - Mar 14, 2019 Twitter Ads info and privacy 3,325 people are talking about this On Wednesday, Facebook dispelled speculation that the outage was caused by a denial-of-service attack (DDoS), a type of cyberattack that disrupts an online service by flooding it with requests. Facebook said it was working to resolve the issue but didn’t announce the fix until Thursday.

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· Mar 13, 2019 We’re aware of an issue impacting people's access to Instagram right now. We know this is frustrating, and our team is hard at work to resolve this ASAP.

8,596 people are talking about this According to the website Downdetector, Facebook’s outage spanned the globe, with reports of disruptions concentrated on the U.S. East Coast and in the U.K.

Facebook estimates that 2.7 billion people use its apps, with more than 2 billion users posting and messaging on its services every day. The outage prompted exasperation from business owners and individuals who rely on Facebook’s platforms to communicate, and inspired a flood of derision on Twitter, where some users migrated to stay connected.