Facebook and Instagram are suffering a global disruption right now which has sent #FacebookDown to the No. 1 slot on U.S. trending topics on Twitter;
No it's not just you, Facebook is down in Northern Europe and patches along the US East Coast #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/5l8VnvUIfz
— David Cochrane (@davidcochrane) November 20, 2018
This is … good news?
And democracies everywhere breathed a sigh of relief 🙂 https://t.co/jTvJrZ1CtN
— BrianHonan (@BrianHonan) November 20, 2018
FREEDOM!
“Free at last, Free at last, Thank God almighty we are free at last.”
-MLK
(or Facebook users. Seriously, just delete it)#FacebookDown
— Christian H. Cooper (@christiancooper) November 20, 2018
But people are freaking out, as you’d expect:
Me trying to post on Facebook….. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/QvbMtKl0UC
— Frank Waugh KAKE Weather (@FWaughKAKE) November 20, 2018
#FacebookDown and #InstagramDown at the same time. ? pic.twitter.com/jjATyLk3ab
— Clarissa Phillips (@clarissap83) November 20, 2018
Go outside, people. It will be OK:
Since Facebook and Instagram are down…
Just go out there and ride your bike. No excuses!
????????????????#FacebookDown #instagramdown pic.twitter.com/Qv01hH1cKg— UCI (@UCI_cycling) November 20, 2018
Well, it's back to the beach for us. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/DvcQW2jutU
— VISIT FLORIDA (@VISITFLORIDA) November 20, 2018
Social media managers hardest hit:
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Social Media Managers rn#FacebookDown #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/qHi08IJ2FE
— Cannes Lions (@Cannes_Lions) November 20, 2018
Twitter, however, is still working, which we know is the most important platform anyway:
Everyone coming to #twitter immediately after finding @facebook down…. #facebookdown pic.twitter.com/SWlIvFUNv9
— Angelica Brown (@AngelicaB2290) November 20, 2018
Facebook is working to resolve the issue:
UPDATE: Facebook confirms platform outage / issues…
“We’re investigating the issue and working on a resolution”https://t.co/eaTRnNF5Pg#FacebookDown #InstagramDown pic.twitter.com/llSW9VFQeN
— Matt Navarra (@MattNavarra) November 20, 2018
But not too fast, please.
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