Facebook down as users hit by a major global outage | The Herald

OUTAGE: Facebook users are unable to get on social media because of a global outage (Image: Dongyu Xu (via Getty Images)) This article is brought to you by our exclusive subscriber partnership with our sister title USA Today, and has been written by our American colleagues. It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Social media users are facing issues this morning as Facebook goes down, leaving thousands unable to connect to their accounts following a global outage. People trying to get on their Facebook accounts were faced with a message telling them their account is temporarily unavailable. SPIKE: Downdetector shows clearly the rise in issues with Facebook (Image: Downdetector) The message reads: “Your account is currently unavailable due to a site issue. We expect this to be resolved shortly. Please try again in a few minutes.” Downdetector shows a large spike around 9am affecting around 5,000 people.
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