#SocialMeltdown2015: Facebook and Instagram crash, Twitter users in mild freakout; Update: 'Lizard Squad' claims credit

Here's a map with the affected areas of the social network outage. #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/DjGJwq7mPQ

— Austin Braun (@Braun23Austin) January 27, 2015

One thing is clear: Twitter is the evacuation procedure. #SocialMeltdown2015

— Senthorun Raj (@senthorun) January 27, 2015

Facebook is down. Instragram is down. What if twitter stops working and everything just ends here. #SocialMeltDown2015

— rubina | king louis (@Holloucinate) January 27, 2015

#SocialMeltdown2015 24 hoursOMG SRSLY DON'T TOUCH TWITTERRR!!!!1111!!

— King Taeyanq (@iamrealCM) January 27, 2015

Hummmm wondering if Facebook,Instagram,and Tinder was hacked???? If not that had to be a bad server crash…owch

— Murdock Photography (@MurdockPhotos) January 27, 2015

What's happening FB? you get hacked? #facebook pic.twitter.com/Ay9srj9hfP

— Emerson Leandro (@elgc45) January 27, 2015

Hacked? ? RT “@TheNextWeb: It's not just you! @Facebook and @Instagram are down right now http://t.co/USbHrUFJrJ pic.twitter.com/syqVzzovhA”

— Temi Lasade-Anderson (@temilasade) January 27, 2015

#Facebook hacked or …. No idea. #shutdown #notworking #fb #canada #txt pic.twitter.com/a8JiWrYium

— Assan Omar (@AssanOmar) January 27, 2015

Instagram is down…

— BabyCakes (@JayyneBrenna) January 27, 2015

Facebook and Instagram are down at the same time, tf?

— Ty (@RyronToy) January 27, 2015

Well Facebook and Instagram are down. No wonder my messenger is quiet!

— Barb aka Mihue (@Miharu_sama) January 27, 2015

Facebook and Instagram are gettin hacked right now. Try to go to http://t.co/O1HY1tvwaR or http://t.co/W4Vmc6ejMf. Won't load

— Stevie Franchise (@Steveyadig) January 27, 2015

Are facebook and Instagram hacked by #isis

— Nadine (@jamalnadine) January 27, 2015

North Korea is coming. RT @abcnews #BREAKING: Social media services Facebook and Instagram appear to be down.

— Hakuna Matata (@LoveLeSKY) January 27, 2015

Word on da block iz Twitter hacked instagram and facebook

— trash (@Lil_Mal0) January 27, 2015

What's going on with #Facebook and #Instagram were they hacked!?!? I can't do anything! Don't take away #Twitter too

— Jessica Hubbard (@Sassygalshops) January 27, 2015

BUT GUYS IF TWITTER WENT DOWN NOW AND I LOST ALL SOCIAL MEDIA I WOULD PROBABLY ACTUALLY DIE #SocialMeltdown2015 pic.twitter.com/7d3Tp5QHol

— Jenna Guillaume (@JennaGuillaume) January 27, 2015

Manual Facebook Update Protocols Engaged: #FacebookDown pic.twitter.com/vxxgC6CMYf

— King Podge (@kingpodge) January 27, 2015

Facebook, Instagram, Tinder, AIM, Hipchat #offline #LizardSquad

— Lizard Squad (@LizardMafia) January 27, 2015

For all the mad people: pic.twitter.com/t2O1woZeAp

— Lizard Squad (@LizardMafia) January 27, 2015

Looks like #Lizardsquad has stuck again. remember XBox at Christmas – via @rConflictNews: . pic.twitter.com/ste7VpDMaz”

— Kay Burley (@KayBurley) January 27, 2015

.@Facebook has returned. Was LizardSquad really responsible about this? #latism pic.twitter.com/i4p9s75Rqn

— Alberto C Saldamando (@ElMundoTech) January 27, 2015

I'd like to thank Lizard Squad for taking down Facebook. A break from 957 Candy Crush Saga invites a day was needed. #facebookdown

— Scott McClellan (@bamasevere) January 27, 2015

After being offline for roughly 40 minutes, Facebook and Instagram are up and running. http://t.co/t0T5xCyBV2

— USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 27, 2015

@TwitchyTeam it's as if millions of Facebook/Instagram users suddenly cried out in terror and were suddenly silenced

— nilgirian (@nilgirian) January 27, 2015

@nilgirian @TwitchyTeam Obi-Wan: I felt a great disturbance in the Force, as if millions of voices suddenly cried out

— EbolaOutbreakMap.Com (@EbolaOutbreakUS) January 27, 2015

@TwitchyTeam LOL….OH NO! pic.twitter.com/mb5ZVOSdeQ

— Jody Sanchez (@jlszoom) January 27, 2015

@TwitchyTeam kids be like http://t.co/5yhv99VKt8

— jsfleetly (@jsfleetly) January 27, 2015